I Traded My 2.9% Mortgage Rate for a 7.35% Rate to Move to Santa Barbara. I Don’t Regret It, But I Did Refinance.
This was originally published by Inman on April 14, 2026. I bought a house with a 7.35% rate in 2024. Refinancing the rate down to
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This was originally published by Inman on April 14, 2026. I bought a house with a 7.35% rate in 2024. Refinancing the rate down to
Home prices ticked up 0.1% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Prices rose 1.7% on a year-over-year basis–the slowest growth rate on record.
Aziz Sunderji, housing economist and founder of data visualization consultancy Home Economics, also provided data and analysis for this report. Late April is a sweet
About two-thirds of homeowners who recently made renovations chose to upgrade their home instead of moving to a new place, per a recent Redfin survey.
Pending home sales are declining and touring activity is slumping. U.S. pending home sales fell 4.1% from a year earlier during the four weeks ending
A wave of ultra-luxury deals made coastal Florida the center of America’s priciest home sales in March. Other notable sales include Tom Cruise’s former Beverly
This was originally published by Inman on April 14, 2026. I bought a house with a 7.35% rate in 2024. Refinancing the rate down to
Home prices ticked up 0.1% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Prices rose 1.7% on a year-over-year basis–the slowest growth rate on record.
Aziz Sunderji, housing economist and founder of data visualization consultancy Home Economics, also provided data and analysis for this report. Late April is a sweet
About two-thirds of homeowners who recently made renovations chose to upgrade their home instead of moving to a new place, per a recent Redfin survey.
Pending home sales are declining and touring activity is slumping. U.S. pending home sales fell 4.1% from a year earlier during the four weeks ending
A wave of ultra-luxury deals made coastal Florida the center of America’s priciest home sales in March. Other notable sales include Tom Cruise’s former Beverly