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Today's Market News:Price Cuts Hit Four-Year HighAs mortgage interest rates continue to climb, the housing market is being affected in several ways. More sellers are deciding to cut prices than retreat, with 20.8% reducing their prices during September. Inventory...
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Today's Market News:Mortgage Interest Rates Continue ClimbingMortgage rates continued to be affected by changes in the bond market, reaching their highest level since November 2023. Rates continued to increase this week, with the average on the 30-year fixed rate...
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Today's Market News:Pending Home Sales Hit Four-Year HighMore homebuyer activity was seen recently, encouraged by a temporary dip in mortgage interest rates. Rates fell to 6.23% last week from a six-month high of 6.46% two weeks earlier, before returning concerns...
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Today's Market News:Areas Where Buyers Continue to Gain the Upper HandA new Bankrate analysis — the Buyer Opportunity Index — suggests the balance of power in housing is quietly shifting back toward buyers, but unevenly.This Index ranks the 100 largest U.S. metro...
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Today's Market News:Spring Trying to SprungNew listings of U.S. homes for sale rose 3% year-over-year (YoY) during the four weeks ending April 19th, the biggest increase since November 2025.Some home sellers and buyers have entered the market as mortgage rates...
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Today's Market News:Now's A Great Time for Your Sellers to ListA recent analysis of seasonal home sales found that late April can be beneficial to sellers in several ways. Two sources — consultancy Home Economics and Redfin — provided data for this report.These...
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Today's Market News:Loan Applications Respond to Rate ClimateMortgage rates continued to edge lower this week, hitting a four-week low on Tuesday, April 14th. This helped mortgage application volume rise by 1.8% last week when compared to the previous week, according...
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Today's Market News:Neighborhoods Without Neighbors: Homeowners Seek ConnectionsA recent survey of mortgage loan borrowers found that although many want to buy a home because they're seeking connections with neighbors, these connections are often difficult to...
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Today's Market News:Fannie Mae Announces New Condo PoliciesFannie Mae recently released a Lender Letter with changes to their condo policies — some positive, some maybe not.The March 18th Lender Letter expands waiver eligibility for certain small projects, retires...
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Today's Market News:Buyer's Market Strengthens in Sunny MetrosLast month, the real estate market became more of a buyer's market than it has for over 12 years. There were an estimated 629,808 more home sellers than buyers during February 2026. This adds up to a 29.8%...
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