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FinanceIt’s ‘extremely likely’ we’ve seen mortgage rates peak, Capital Economics says, and mortgage demand is starting to recover
By Sydney LakeDecember 6, 2023
FinanceHome prices will fall for the first time since 2012, Redfin’s chief economist predicts. Here’s why they will still be ‘out of reach’ for many buyers
By Alena BotrosDecember 6, 2023
FinanceOlder millennials are ‘feeling the hit’ in this housing market, BofA finds—and a lot of it has to do with student debt
By Alena BotrosDecember 4, 2023
FinanceBuying a typical home now takes up a record 40% of your income, but Zillow expects that to ease ‘just a bit’ in 2024
By Alena BotrosDecember 1, 2023
FinanceHousing affordability is the worst it’s been in decades. It will improve in 2024, but by only a ‘small step,’ Realtor.com chief economist says
By Sydney LakeNovember 30, 2023
FinanceThe high mortgage rates locking you out of the housing market aren’t going away, top economist says. ‘Everybody should get used to 5.5% to 6%’
By Alena BotrosNovember 28, 2023
FinanceHousing market analyst ‘Poison Ivy’ Zelman, who called the 2008 bust that led to the Great Financial Crisis, sees ‘extremely depressed levels’ of existing home sales for years
By Alena BotrosNovember 21, 2023
FinanceMortgage rates have been falling for weeks as inflation fades—but the housing market may still struggle with affordability and high home prices
By Will Daniel and Alena BotrosNovember 17, 2023
Personal FinanceThis couple was so miserable with a 2.5-hour super-commute, they took on an extra $1,200 monthly mortgage payment: ‘We’d do it again in a heartbeat’
By Alicia AdamczykNovember 14, 2023
Personal FinanceMillennials are replaying their parents’ housing market journey as first-time buyers in their 30s flood into an unaffordable market
By Sydney LakeNovember 14, 2023
Personal FinanceThe housing market is starting to crack—Sellers are cutting prices at record levels as ‘You can no longer price based off of where sales were’
By Sydney LakeNovember 6, 2023
Personal FinanceHousing affordability is so strained that 1 in 5 couples ask for down payment cash on their wedding registry. Your friends and family would rather give you cash to go to Mexico
By Sydney LakeNovember 5, 2023
FinanceMortgage rates are dropping fast after a shock jobs report set off a series of dominoes on Wall Street—The housing market can thank Detroit’s striking auto workers
By Will Daniel and Irina IvanovaNovember 3, 2023
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