Pending home sales fell the most on record in October and deal cancellations and price cuts hit record highs as buyers were spooked by the biggest mortgage-rate jump in over four decades.Pending sales dropped 32.1% year over year last[...]
The median U.S. asking rent in October rose 7.8% year over year to $1,983, the smallest annual increase since August 2021. October marked the second-straight month of single-digit rent growth following roughly a year of double-digit[...]
Homebuyers across the country need to earn substantially more money than they did a year ago to buy a home, due to high mortgage rates and persistently high home prices. The increases are especially big in Florida. A homebuyer must earn[...]
Mortgage rates dropped from over 7% to 6.6% this week on better-than-expected inflation news, bringing some hope to prospective buyers. The largest weekly drop in mortgage rates in four decades, along with the slowest annual[...]
Mortgage-purchase applications and Redfin’s Homebuyer Demand Index both increased as rates stayed around 6.6%, down sharply from 7% earlier this month, saving the typical buyer over $100 in monthly mortgage payments. Still, supply[...]