Mortgages2024-2028 Housing Market Predictions: A Gradual Thaw With Added Challenges | U.S. News Housing Market IndexJanuary 23, 2024528Over the next five years, although some trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to influence real estate and...
EconomyThe 2023 U.S. economy, in chartsJanuary 7, 2024382A pedestrian holds an umbrella as they walk along a street in the rain in Times Square, New York, on...
MortgagesMortgage refinance demand jumps as rates fallDecember 6, 2023400Homes in Hercules, California, US.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAfter surging over 8% in October, mortgage rates are falling back...
MortgagesMortgage demand at highest level in 5 weeks after interest rates fallNovember 15, 2023192After dropping sharply the previous week, the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200...
MortgagesMortgage rates plunge and demand finally inches backNovember 8, 2023126The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased last week to...
MoneyWill struggling mortgage holders be given the relief they deserve? November 6, 2023160The only guarantee that we have (if, indeed, we have any such) that there will ever be enough money available...
MortgagesWhat 8% mortgage rates mean for home affordabilityOctober 20, 2023353Lifestylevisuals | E+ | Getty ImagesThe firm considers a monthly mortgage payment to be affordable if the homebuyer spends no...
MortgagesInflated rents, high interest rates and lack of supply create European housing crisisOctober 3, 2023257Soaring costs across the EU are pricing out renters, deterring prospective buyers and preventing new homes from being built. As Europe’s housing...
MortgagesThousands of Portuguese protest for the right to affordable housingOctober 1, 2023155Many Portuguese, including the middle class, are being priced out of Portugal’s property market by rising rents, surging home prices...
FinanceCork’s first office-to-residential housing conversion project opens in BlackrockSeptember 29, 2023204The conversion of a once-derelict office block into social housing for older people in one of Cork’s most desirable neighbourhoods...