All the conditions are right for a stronger housing market, but does that mean it’s ‘inevitable’?
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Mortgage Rates Slide Below 4% as the Trade War Buffets Markets
So far this year, the 30-year-fixed has averaged 4.26%, down from 4.54% in 2018.
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Americans Are Driving Until They Qualify Again, and Builders Are Responding
Home builders are applying for permits to build houses in the “exurbs” more than any other area of the country, another sign of how the housing affordability crunch is driving consumer and industry decisions.
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Americans Are Driving Until They Qualify Again, and Builders Are Responding
Home builders are applying for permits to build houses in the “exurbs” more than any other area of the country, another sign of how the housing affordability crunch is driving consumer and industry decisions.
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Mortgage Rates Slide to Match the Lowest of 2019 as Trade War Heats Up
Rates for home loans fell for the fourth straight week, and the benchmark mortgage product matched its low for 2019, as financial market turmoil offered a reprieve for house hunters.
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Mortgage Rates Slide to Match the Lowest of 2019 as Trade War Heats Up
Rates for home loans fell for the fourth straight week, and the benchmark mortgage product matched its low for 2019, as financial market turmoil offered a reprieve for house hunters.
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Major Flooding in the South Is a Cautionary Tale for All Homeowners
Natural disasters can wreak lasting damage on people’s financial health—and medium-sized events may have the most negative consequences.
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Mortgage Rates Slump for the Third Straight Week as Big Questions Dog the Housing Market
about the economy and choppy markets, investors have been piling into bonds this year.
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Mortgage Rates Tumble as One Economist Waves the White Flag
Rates for home loans slumped, another reminder of the “lower for longer” conditions that have dogged financial markets since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Pending Home Sales Skyrocket in March, Signalling a Spring Rebound for Housing
An index of pending-home sales surged 3.8% in March, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. Economists had forecast a 0.7% monthly increase.
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