Homebuying demand pulled back further as mortgage rates reached their highest level in over 13 years. Home tours, offers and other requests for agents’ help, as measured by The Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index, posted their largest[...]
After months of tipping heavily in sellers’ favor, the scales of the housing market are finally balancing out. Soaring housing costs caused many house hunters to drop out in recent months, which is now providing some relief for buyers[...]
High home prices and mortgage rates, along with economic uncertainty and an increase in second-home loan fees, have put an end to the pandemic-driven vacation-home boom. Demand for vacation homes has fallen below the pre-pandemic[...]
Nationwide, roughly 60,000 home-purchase agreements fell through in June, equal to 14.9% of homes that went under contract that month. That’s the highest percentage on record with the exception of March and April 2020, when the[...]
More and more, home sellers are ceding to the mounting pressure on affordability posed by this month’s rapid mortgage-rate hike. The median asking price of newly listed homes is down 1.5% from the all-time high it reached in the spring,[...]