Will rocketing mortgage rates force home prices to fall? Or will scores of first-time buyers continue to be priced out of homeownership?
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Another wave of COVID-19 infections appears to be on the way thanks to a contagious, new variant. Will it disrupt the housing market?
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Mortgage rates and home prices are continuing to surge, turning the American dream into an impossible goal for many first-time homebuyers.
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Inflation, soaring gas prices, stock market volatility, and the war in Ukraine are already being felt in the superheated U.S. housing market. But will prices slow?
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Mortgage rates have moved higher once again. Where they will go in the short term, though, largely depends on what happens overseas.
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Russian airstrikes battering Ukraine have already roiled financial markets around the globe, rippling through the U.S. housing market.
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Buying a home just became more expensive—and it’s expected to only get worse as mortgage rates surged to their highest point since March 2020.
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The Federal Reserve is scaling back its stimulus activities at a quicker pace than previously expected given the high rate of inflation.
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Real estate experts argue over whether rising mortgage rates will keep home prices in check—or make it more expensive to purchase a home.
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Even with sky-high and still-rising prices, homebuyers aren’t overextending themselves like in the runup to the housing bust in the mid-2000s.
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