Price growth is leveling off as elevated mortgage rates strain buyer budgets, but prices are still at historic highs because there aren’t enough homes for sale. U.S. home prices climbed 0.6% from a month earlier on a seasonally-adjusted basis in March, matching February’s 0.6% month-over-month gain. On a year-over-year basis, prices rose 7.3%, also little […]
12% of Florida respondents who have faced insurance changes have been dropped by their insurance company—an increasingly common trend as insurers back out of flood-prone areas. The share is almost as high in fire-prone California. Nationwide, one-third of homeowners who lost insurance have moved or plan to move, but nearly the same share are staying
Rising home prices and mortgage rates are making it harder to believe in the American dream of homeownership. Lack of affordability is the most commonly cited reason renters don’t believe they’ll ever own a home. Nearly two in five (38%) U.S. renters don’t believe they’ll ever own a home, up from roughly one-quarter (27%) less
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Nearly 20% of recent buyers have no idea who paid their agent and how the amount was determined. 39% of homeowners with plans to sell think a 3% buyer’s agent commission seems high, but nearly the same share think it seems just about right. More than one-quarter of recent homebuyers (28%) have no idea how
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The March inflation report came in hotter than expected, which means the Fed is highly unlikely to cut interest rates in June–and could mean the Fed only cuts rates once this year. The news is already pushing up mortgage rates. Higher-than-expected inflation in March means that the Fed will almost certainly delay rate cuts until
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The share of San Francisco sellers losing money on their home sale is sitting near its highest level in more than a decade, largely because prices have come back down to earth after skyrocketing during the pandemic. Nationwide, the share of sellers losing money is much smaller (4%) because home prices remain near their record
