ADJUSTABLE-RATE MORTGAGE DEMAND HITS HIGHEST SINCE 2009
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) increased to 5.37% from 5.20%, the highest rate since 2009. The adjustable-rate mortgage share of applications last week...
WILL HOUSING INVENTORY FINALLY INCREASE THIS YEAR?
Survey data suggests some relief is on the horizon for Americans grappling with one of the worst housing shortages of all-time. Almost two-thirds (64%) of prospective 2022 sellers anticipate listing a home within the next six months and with hi...
WILL RISING MORTGAGE RATES CAUSE HOME PRICES TO FALL
Buying a home just became a lot more expensive—and it’s expected to only get worse in the coming months. Mortgage interest rates surged to their highest point since March 2020—the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic—indicating ...
CALIFORNIA PLANS FOR 2.5 MILLION NEW HOMES BY 2030
California needs to build 2.5 million homes by the end of the decade to address the state’s current housing shortage, more than double the goal from the last planning period, state housing officials announced Wednesday, March 2. Of those, ...
HOMES ARE SELLING FAST THAN EVER BEFORE
Anyone out there searching for a new place to live knows there is not much to buy. Total supply and new listings are at record lows, and that means that what is on the market now is selling fast. Really fast. The average home spent just 61 d...
U.S. RENTAL MARKET HITS DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH
New data shows national rents grew five times faster in 2021 than in 2020, on average, according to Realtor.com’s December rental report. In December, rents notched the sixth straight month of double-digit yearly increases nationwide and surg...
CALIFORNIA 2021 HOUSING MARKET RECAP
The real estate market in California largely mirrored the nationwide trends in 2021, with home prices rising by double digits in the outlying suburbs and smaller metro areas like Riverside and Sacramento. In city markets like San Francisco, the...
QUALIFYING FOR A MORTGAGE MAY BE EASIER IN 2022
Interest Rates Are Rising—but the Fed’s Actions Could Make It Easier To Get a Mortgage This week’s increase to the benchmark mortgage rate is likely just the beginning. The Federal Reserve is scaling back its stimulus activities at a q...
HOW INFLATION IS AFFECTING THE HOUSING MARKET
Inflation is a red-hot topic right now, and for good reason: In October, the annual inflation rate rose to an alarming 6.2%. That’s the highest it’s hit since November 1990, over 30 years ago, and a steep uptick from the manageable 2% that ...