Mortgage rates moved down again, further backing away from the 8% mark it previously threatened, as the benchmark 10-year Treasury has dropped over 50 basis points in the past month. The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released a day ...
For the first time since late summer, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage average is below 7% and given that the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield continues to drop significantly after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, it is likely to keep ...
Mortgage rates fell to their lowest mark since August, hovering just above the 7% mark, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac.? The 30-year fixed rate came in at an average of 7.03% for the period ending Dec. 7 ...
The housing market logjam appears to be breaking as falling mortgage rates during November encouraged more existing homeowners to list their property for sale, to the largest level in over a year, Redfin found. Pending home sales also rose to ...
Fannie Mae is holding to its forecast of a modest economic downturn in 2024, in spite of statements by the Federal Reserve that a soft lending is achievable, and inflation is on its way down to the 2% target. Many ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s pivot toward interest-rate cuts is spreading holiday cheer in the White House, where the improved prospects for an economic soft landing are a boon for President Joe Biden’s bid for another term.? Biden has seen ...
U.S. homebuilder sentiment improved in December for the first time in five months as falling mortgage rates led to a pickup in prospective-buyer traffic and sales expectations. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge rose 3 points to 37, ...
Whereas common mortgage charges elevated by a single foundation level this week, they need to transfer decrease going ahead in 2024 as inflation cools and the Federal Reserve reverses course, Freddie Mac stated. The Main Mortgage Market Survey put the ...
Mortgage charges elevated 9 foundation factors this week, however have remained in the identical vary since mid-December, which portends properly for the spring dwelling promoting season, Freddie Mac reported. The federal government-sponsored enterprise’s Main Mortgage Market Survey discovered the typical ...
Shopper spending is part of the explanation why Fannie Mae flipped its forecast to development, however at a slower tempo than regular, from a recession, its economists defined in a gathering with Nationwide Mortgage Information. The January outlook now requires ...