US Mortgages Archives - Better Dwelling https://betterdwelling.com/tag/us-mortgages/ Canada’s Fastest Growing Real Estate News Source Sun, 05 Feb 2023 15:04:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/betterdwelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-better-dwelling-flower-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 US Mortgages Archives - Better Dwelling https://betterdwelling.com/tag/us-mortgages/ 32 32 64691831 US Home Prices Fell In Every Major Market As Growth Slows https://betterdwelling.com/us-home-prices-fell-in-every-major-market-as-growth-slows/ https://betterdwelling.com/us-home-prices-fell-in-every-major-market-as-growth-slows/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:12:50 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=22842 American home buyers are cooling their expectations, but they still remain lofty. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices show prices declined in November. At the national level, home prices rolled back 8 months, but retained substantial gains.   US Home Prices Fell 0.6% In November US home prices are coming down after a monumental run over the […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/us-home-prices-fell-in-every-major-market-as-growth-slows/feed/ 5 22842 Canadian Real Estate Prices To See The Sharpest Drop In Global Downturn: Goldman https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-real-estate-prices-to-see-the-sharpest-drop-in-global-downturn-goldman/ https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-real-estate-prices-to-see-the-sharpest-drop-in-global-downturn-goldman/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2022 19:06:15 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=21117 A global real estate correction has kicked off and Canada is expected to lead lower. That was the message from Goldman Sachs (GS) Research’s latest client note on rising rates. Excessively low rates stimulated record home sales and a multi-decade high for inflation. Now that rates are rising to cool that inflation, it’s removing home […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-real-estate-prices-to-see-the-sharpest-drop-in-global-downturn-goldman/feed/ 22 21117 US 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages Are Now Over 5%, The Highest Since 2009 https://betterdwelling.com/us-30-year-fixed-rate-mortgages-are-now-over-5-the-highest-since-2009/ https://betterdwelling.com/us-30-year-fixed-rate-mortgages-are-now-over-5-the-highest-since-2009/#comments Fri, 06 May 2022 02:52:19 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=20502 US mortgage rates are climbing nearly as fast as they were cut just a few months ago. Freddie Mac released its Primary Mortgage Market Survey this week. They found the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now well over 5%, the highest rate since 2009. Higher costs to control inflation means a lot less time repairing […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/us-30-year-fixed-rate-mortgages-are-now-over-5-the-highest-since-2009/feed/ 1 20502 US Mortgage Rates Hit 2009-Levels, Applications & Pending Home Sales Crater https://betterdwelling.com/us-mortgage-rates-hit-2009-levels-applications-pending-home-sales-crater/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:33:54 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=20390 Soaring mortgage costs are rapidly cooling the frothy American real estate market. Mortgage applications and pending home sales cratered, show leading indicators released this week. Demand is being throttled by rising mortgage rates, which are now at the highest level since 2009. Home prices have yet to respond to the fall in demand, but experts […]

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]]> 20390 US Real Estate Price Growth Forecast To Slow Significantly: CoreLogic https://betterdwelling.com/us-real-estate-price-growth-forecast-to-slow-significantly-corelogic/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:50:27 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=20167 US real estate prices were still soaring ahead of the last interest rate hike. The CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) reported record annual price growth for February. Most of the performance is due to the South, which has seen a new wave of population growth. The firm doesn’t see this lasting much longer, though. Higher […]

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]]> 20167 The American Real Estate Bubble Is Finally Mentioned By Federal Reserve Researchers https://betterdwelling.com/the-american-real-estate-bubble-is-finally-mentioned-by-federal-reserve-researchers/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:20:26 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=20127 US real estate is in the first bubble since the Great Recession, and they might actually address it in time. In December, we revealed a little-known model from the Dallas branch of the US Federal Reserve showing US housing in a bubble. Central bank researchers maintain the model as an early warning system, allowing policymakers […]

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]]> 20127 US Real Estate Spends Another Quarter In Bubble Territory: Federal Reserve Model https://betterdwelling.com/us-real-estate-spends-another-quarter-in-bubble-territory-federal-reserve-model/ https://betterdwelling.com/us-real-estate-spends-another-quarter-in-bubble-territory-federal-reserve-model/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:38:41 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=19789 American real estate just spent another quarter in bubble territory, according to its central bank. The US Federal Reserve Exuberance Index shows US real estate was still exuberant in Q3 2021. A quarter before, the market fit the criteria set out by researchers to be considered a bubble. It also happened to be the quarter […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/us-real-estate-spends-another-quarter-in-bubble-territory-federal-reserve-model/feed/ 6 19789 US Mortgage Applications Fall To The Lowest Level Since December 2019: MBA https://betterdwelling.com/us-mortgage-applications-fall-to-the-lowest-level-since-december-2019-mba/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:41:47 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=19761 US mortgage activity is suddenly slowing down as interest rates climb. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Mortgage Composite Index showed a sudden drop for the week of February 18, 2022. Seasonally adjusted mortgage application activity dropped 13.1% from the week before. On an unadjusted basis, activity dropped 11% compared to the same week a year […]

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]]> 19761 US Mortgage Rates Climb To 8 Month High, As Yields Soar https://betterdwelling.com/us-mortgage-rates-climb-to-8-month-high-as-yields-soar/ https://betterdwelling.com/us-mortgage-rates-climb-to-8-month-high-as-yields-soar/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:01:00 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=15923 US Mortgage rates are climbing, and are up significantly from the record low a few weeks ago. Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) shows 30-year fixed mortgages hit a multi-month high for the week ending March 4, 2021. The lender said this is the highest average reading for the index since July. US 30-Year […]

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]]> https://betterdwelling.com/us-mortgage-rates-climb-to-8-month-high-as-yields-soar/feed/ 4 15923 US Real Estate Sales Have Been Booming Since The Pandemic. Over Half Regret Buying https://betterdwelling.com/us-real-estate-sales-have-been-booming-since-the-pandemic-over-half-regret-buying/ https://betterdwelling.com/us-real-estate-sales-have-been-booming-since-the-pandemic-over-half-regret-buying/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:59:09 +0000 https://betterdwelling.com/?p=14593 American real estate buyers are regretting the decision to jump into the market during a pandemic. LendEdu, a US rate comparison site, surveyed homeowners that bought after March. The survey found a significant number of happy homeowners, taking advantage of record low rates. However, the majority of buyers have regrets about pulling the trigger on […]

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