Following March’s modest rise in Housing Starts and Permits, analysts expected reality to catch up with the homebuilder market in April (just as we saw in the NAHB sentiment survey slumping to 2 year lows).
Newsfeed: US Housing Starts, Permits Plunge In April As Mortgage Rates Soar Read More »
All these curveballs will further fragment the housing market. Oh for the good old days of a nice, clean housing bubble and bust as in 2004-2011: subprime lending expanded the pool of buyers …
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A new study by Lending Tree found Generation Z (ages 18 to 24) are purchasing homes in America’s least expensive “flyover” cities while barely entertaining homeownership in pricey coastal cities.
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ARMs — which carry variable interest rates that reset based on the market at predetermined times — accounted for 10.8% of total home-loan applications …
Newsfeed: Adjustable Loans Form Largest Share of US Mortgages Since 2008 Read More »
US mortgage rates continued their near-vertical ascent, soaring to levels not seen since Jan 2019 at an almost unprecedented speed…
Newsfeed: Housing Affordability Crisis Imminent As Mortgage Rates Hit 3 Year High Read More »
Despite the unexpected plunge in existing home sales, analysts expected new home sales in February to rebound modestly from January’s drop but they were wrong (again) as new home sales fell 2.0% (+1.1% exp) and worse still January’s 4.5% drop was revised drastically worse to a 8.4% plunge.
Newsfeed: New Home Sales Unexpectedly Tumble In February As Mortgage Apps Crash Read More »
After unexpectedly plunging in January, pending home sales were expected rebound very modestly in February (despite both new- and existing-home-sales tumbling as mortgage rates soar).
Newsfeed: US Pending Home Sales Plunge For 4th Straight Month Read More »
The global economy had only just begun to recover from the pandemic when Putin decided to invade Ukraine, sending oil prices soaring.
Newsfeed: Brace For High Oil Prices, Inflation, And An Economic Slowdown Read More »
One-year U.S. inflation expectations have rocketed higher since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the longer-term outlook has begun increasing as well, a development likely to be watched closely by the Federal Reserve as it battles to keep price pressures under control.
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Many pros predict that mortgage rates will continue to rise in 2022, but expect ups and downs along the way. We looked into the latest mortgage rate predictions from big real estate players — and asked five experts — to examine what might happen to mortgage rates this year.