Facts: The 30-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac declined to 6.89% over the last week from 6.95%. At 6.89%, with 20% down, a monthly mortgage payment on a home of $400,000 is $2,105; with 10% down, it is $2,369. Positive: The CPI retreated today. Importantly, shelter, which is a lagging compo

Earlier this year, for Women’s History Month, we published a blog post about the triumphs and challenges of female homeownership. We celebrated single women's impressive progress in the housing market but also pointed out the ongoing obstacles, especially for women of color. These women often deal w

Key Highlights Brokerage specialists had a lower sales volume ($2.5 million vs. $3.4 million), and the typical agent had fewer transactions (10 vs. 12) in 2023 compared to 2022. Seventy-three percent of REALTORS® plan to remain in the real estate industry for at least two more years. New members wer

Facts: The 30-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac increased to 6.95% over the last week from 6.86%. This is the first weekly increase since May 30. At 6.95%, with 20% down, a monthly mortgage payment on a home of $400,000 is $2,118. Positive: While mortgage rates increased this week and afford

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NAR released a summary of pending home sales data showing that May’s pending home sales fell 2.1% from last month and decreased 6.6% from a year ago. " data-src="https://cdn.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/styles/inline_paragraph_image/public/economists-outlook-pending-home-sales-may-2023-to-may-202

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Key Highlights Existing-home sales slipped 0.7% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.11 million. Sales descended 2.8% from one year ago. The median existing-home sales price jumped 5.8% from May 2023 to $419,300 – the highest price ever recorded and the eleventh consecutive month of year

Facts: The 30-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac continued with small incremental declines to 6.87% over the last week from 6.95%. At 6.87%, with 20% down, a mortgage payment on the median-priced existing home of $400,000 is $2,101. Last year, the median downpayment for a first-time buyer was

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by NAR Research staff Understanding Trends in Single-Family Building Permits Across Metro Areas The housing market has always been one of the main drivers of our country's economic activity. Limited housing supply is one of the main reasons behind rising home prices, declining affordability, and con

At the national level, housing affordability faded in April compared to the previous month, according to NAR’s Housing Affordability Index. Compared to the prior month, the monthly mortgage payment increased by 5.7%, while the median price of single-family homes increased by 0.1%. The monthly mortga

Inflation is moving in the right direction, but it is not quite at the point for the Fed to cut interest rates. The all-important consumer price inflation rose by 3.3% from a year ago. “Core” inflation decelerated to 3.4%, its slowest gain in three years. The target is 2% inflation. The recent peak

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Job additions are continuing at a healthy clip. A net of 272,000 payroll jobs were added to the economy in May, which is an acceleration from recent months. However, unemployment ticked higher, to 4.0%, due to a different measurement showing a net 408,000 jobs having disappeared when based on a hous

Bloomberg News A gauge of pending U.S. existing-home sales tumbled to a four-year low in April as higher mortgage rates cast a pall on the spring selling season. An index of contract signings from the National Association of REALTORS® dropped 7.7% to 72.3, the lowest reading since the early months o

Facts: The 30-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac eased slightly to 6.99% over the last week from 7.03%. At 6.99%, with 20% down, a mortgage payment on the median-priced existing home of $400,000 is $2,127. In the most expensive MSA of San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (median price of $1,840

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It's been three years since the United States began facing its highest inflation surge since 1981, which peaked at 9.1% in mid-2022. Although progress has been made in reducing the inflation rate through increased interest rates, the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which tracks the annual