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The housing market is slowing as higher mortgage rates sideline many prospective homebuyers. With competition declining, the house hunters who are still in the
In the face of a declining mortgage market and heightened regulatory scrutiny, Wells Fargo, the country’s largest depository mortgage lender by volume, is planning for
Builder sentiment in the market for single-family homes fell into negative territory in August, as builders and buyers struggle with higher costs.
While Wall Street celebrated the slight cooling of inflation in July, Statista’s Felix Richter points out that the latest reading won’t be enough to
The use cases for short term rentals go way beyond vacations … With many of today’s travelers turning to AirBnb for business trips, conferences,
Buying a home in the US is the least affordable it’s been in 33 years as mortgage rates soar this year and home prices
It sure is looking like the public pension ponzi is going to be even harder to sustain than over the last few years… That’s because data
Renters across the country are feeling the brunt of housing inflation. Nearly 60% of renters said their rent increased in the past 12 months,
The growing rental crisis in the U.S. has shown no signs of stopping. That was the topic of a new Bloomberg report this week that highlighted
While the annual pace of inflation in the United States eased slightly in July, a deeper dive into the numbers reveals that some of
With interest rates now hovering around 5%, existing-home sales are down more than 14% from last year. Some potential buyers are sitting on the
It was seven months ago today, when looking at the latest real-time rent data from the likes of Apartment List and Zillow, we highlighted
While economists expected another modest rise in inflation on a MoM basis (if far below the 1.3% surge in June), the headline US Consumer
Peak apartment rent growth is almost certainly now in the rearview mirror, as nearly all measures of rent growth showed deceleration between June and
The number of houses sitting on the market grew at a blistering pace last month, with the number of active listings jumping 31% vs. the
Consumer confidence in the housing market dropped to the lowest level since 2011, as both prospective buyers and sellers have become more pessimistic, according
Nearly half of U.S. mortgage payers own at least 50 percent equity, according to ATTOM’s Q2 2022 Home Equity & Underwater Report. This means that the balance of
U.S. mortgage rates are tumbling even after the Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points last week.
The residential real estate market has stumbled, after soaring in the first 18 months of the covid pandemic.
Households that make over $200,000 annually comprise just a sliver of all tax returns that are filed in a given year, but their movement
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