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Are mortgage rates about to fall?

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates and the bond market have fallen a bit recently and the spreads between the 10-year yield and 30-year mortgage rate have improved over last year’s levels. In the past two years, demand has always picked up whenever mortgage rates have moved lower with some duration. That’s a 0.50% difference in rates.

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Mortgage market affordability and inventory challenges

Housing Wire

With a rapid spike in interest rates, inventory at historic lows, home prices rising at unprecedented levels above income, and a purchase market that is both highly anxious and digitally reliant, mortgage and real estate professionals must be strategic to capture the market opportunity today. Inventory rising, historically low.

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Mortgage rates fell 18 bps, but that’s of little solace to homebuyers

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates dropped to 6.78% this week, the biggest weekly decline since mid-March, as investors digested a raft of mixed incoming economic data. As inflation slows, mortgage rates decreased this week,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac ’s chief economist in a statement. By contrast, the 30-year was at 5.54% a year ago at this time. “As

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Midwest housing markets good for first-time homebuyers: Zillow

Housing Wire

Headwinds like mortgage rates , low inventory and rising rents are still strong, but easing,” Zillow Senior Economist Orphe Divounguy, said in a statement. The increase in new listings this spring, due both to new construction and to more homeowners choosing to sell, will give buyers more options and help to ease price growth.

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Pending home sales surged in December: NAR

Housing Wire

The housing market is off to a good start this year, as consumers benefit from falling mortgage rates and stable home prices,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. New home sales , another measure of contract signings, rose 8% in December on the back of declining mortgage rates. million and a 15.8%

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Home prices accelerated in March even as mortgage rates climbed

Housing Wire

Low housing inventory and still-strong demand kept prices high in March, according to the latest according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index , released Tuesday. The average rate in March on a 30-year-fixed rate mortgage in March was 6.54%, with the rate dropping to 6.34% in April.

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Coastal California metros were the priciest  in March: Zillow

Housing Wire

These metros also continue to grapple with below-average inventory recovery, maintaining pressure on buyers. New Orleans, San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville are among the locales that posted the slowest month-over-month price growth in March. ” Competition is stiff for attractive listings.