December 27, 2022, 7:00 am By Connie Kim
Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. The first half of the year, with mortgage rates in the 3s and 4s, was like “Fast and Furious.” Houses were selling at a ...
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Jan. 2, 2023
December marks a full year of declines in builder confidence
December 19, 2022, 10:58 am By Brooklee Han
Homebuilder sentiment dropped yet again in December, hitting its lowest reading since mid-2012, with the exception of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. This drop marks one full year of declines in builder confidence, according to the ...
Dec. 20, 2022
Mortgage rates are down, but not enough for most borrowers
December 8, 2022, 2:12 pm By Flávia Furlan Nunes
Mortgage rates continued the downward trend this week amid signs that the U.S. economy is cooling down due to the tightening monetary policy. The recent declines, however, have not been enough to convince borrowers to take out ...
Nov. 15, 2022
The standoff between homebuyers and sellers
by Logan Mohtashami
When I came up with the “savagely unhealthy housing market” label in February of this year, it was based on the premise that the housing inflation story that we have had to deal with since 2020 was a historical event. It facilitated a very ...
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Home Prices Would Need To Fall This Much for Buyers To Get a Break
By Clare Trapasso
Nov 7, 2022
Since home prices shot into the stratosphere, many first-time buyers have prayed for them to fall so that they could afford to become homeowners. Their wishes appear to have been granted—and yet, they’re caught in a paradox: Even as prices have begun to dip ...
Nov. 7, 2022
Where’s the bottom for new home sales?
Sales are already historically low, back to 1996 levels when rates were near 8%
October 26, 2022, 4:26 pm By Logan Mohtashami
September new home sales beat expectations, but don’t get too excited. While monthly supply rose in this report, the previous reports were all revised lower and sale levels ...
Oct. 15, 2022
Opinion: Understanding trends is key to predicting the next housing shift
We are coming off a tumultuous two years of growth in the U.S. housing market. And now we are facing a tumultuous year of mortgage market normalization. So it’s true to say that turmoil and mortgage outlooks are strange bedfellows, but it’s true. Interest rates are ...
Sept. 20, 2022
What does the new normal for first-time homebuyers look like?
The great moderation is upon us
Aug. 18, 2022
Vermont is pouring millions into manufactured homes and mobile home parks
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Nicole Daniels had been living with her father in Berlin and taking care of him when he ...
July 5, 2022
Homeowner Equity Grows Again Across U.S. in First Quarter
Nearly Half of U.S. Mortgages Considered Equity-Rich; Seriously Underwater Portion of Mortgages Holds at 3 Percent; Ratio of Equity-Rich to Seriously ...