Skyrocketing home prices have leveled off. Recession fears are swirling. The number of home sales has dropped. Is it 2006 all over again?
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Mortgage rates decline for fourth consecutive week
This was the fourth week in a row of declines, leaving prospective buyers hopeful for sustained low rates throughout spring homebuying season.
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Is the U.S. Tipping Into a Recession? The Answer Will Determine the Direction of the Housing Market
Whether the nation is in a recession, hurtling toward one, or will narrowly avoid it, is sure to have a big impact on the housing market.
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The Fed Just Raised Interest Rates Again—Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Both Homebuyers and Sellers
The Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike may be like a late frost imperiling the burgeoning spring housing market.
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Homebuyers Are Discovering the Upside to Bank Failures: Lower Mortgage Rates
An unexpected consequence of the recent bank failures is mortgage interest rates have dropped—and could keep falling.
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Homebuyers Beware: The Fed Just Jammed Another Wrench Into the Spring Housing Market
On the precipice of the hotly anticipated spring housing market, the U.S. Federal Reserve just dealt homebuyers another crushing blow.
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‘The Risk of a Deep Housing Slide Persists’: Dallas Fed Says Downturn in U.S. and German Housing Markets Could Affect the Rest of the World
In the report by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, researchers called out the possibility of a “deep global housing slide.”
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise Across the Board, Breaking a Five-Week Downward Streak
Rates broke a five-week downward trend, pushing demand for mortgages down by 7.7% in the latest week.
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The Housing Market Warms Up, but This Twist Could Plunge It Back Into a Freeze
Bidding wars have returned as homebuyers reenter the housing market. But this unexpected twist could drive the market back to a standstill.
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Are Lower Mortgage Rates a Holiday Gift for Homebuyers—or a Temporary Reprieve?
The drumroll of bad tidings in the housing market was interrupted last week with news as mortgage rates dropped. Will they stay lower?
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