Tag: Mortgage Rates Center
Mortgage rates continue to trend down ahead of inflation report
As the U.S. reaches its peak homebuying season, mortgage rates continue to ease week over week. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center showed the average 30-year fixed [Read more about this post…]
Peak homebuying season is clouded by mixed signals
All in all, you can see how effectively 7% mortgage rates have slowed the housing market. Rates, however, may be inching lower as the yield [Read more about this post…]
Mortgage rates ease as the labor market cools
Mortgage rates eased slightly last week after a cooler-than-expected jobs report. Additionally, the 10-year Treasury yield fell after Friday’s jobs report. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center [Read more about this post…]
U.S. mortgage holders post record levels of home equity: ICE
U.S. home prices continued to climb in March as a persistent shortage of homes for sale helped to buoy the housing market, according to the [Read more about this post…]
Mortgage rates rise following a surge in Treasury yields
Mortgage rates rose this week as the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note inched up. As of Monday, the yield on the 10-year U.S. [Read more about this post…]
U.S jobs report surprises to the upside
The U.S. economy added significantly more jobs than expected during the first month of the year. Jobs increased by 353,000 in January, up from a [Read more about this post…]
Mortgage applications decline ahead of Fed meeting
Mortgage demand slumped last week as consumers hit the brakes on purchase applications. Mortgage applications decreased by 7.2% in the week ending Jan. 26 compared [Read more about this post…]
Pending home sales surged in December: NAR
Pending home sales rose 8.3% month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It was the [Read more about this post…]
Homebuilders end 2023 on a high note
Sales of new single-family homes surprised in December, exceeding consensus expectations of 649,000. New home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 664,000, according [Read more about this post…]
December mortgage delinquencies rise due to calendar effect: ICE
Delinquencies rose in December but the rise is mostly due to the calendar: December ended on a Sunday, so payments made on the last day [Read more about this post…]