Better mortgage spreads are capping rates in 2025
Another jobs week has come to an end, and amid the chaotic headlines about job numbers, tariffs, and the leadership of the Treasury, mortgage rates remained calm. Better mortgage spreads… Read more »
Category: housing inventory
Housing demand firming up with lower mortgage rates
Housing demand is very seasonal, so the fact that our pending contract data is firming up lately just shows that lower mortgage rates have stabilized and firmed up demand recently…. Read more »
Is housing inventory growth finally slowing?
Unsold inventory of homes for sale has been on the rise all year. It hasn’t turned the corner yet — inventory rose across the country this week — but at… Read more »
Did lower mortgage rates slow housing inventory growth?
My model for inventory growth with higher mortgage rates came crashing down last week. After two weeks of significant increases, inventory growth slowed dramatically and is far from my 11,000-17,000… Read more »
Finally, some healthy housing inventory growth
Housing inventory finally hit my target level of growth last week with mortgage rates now over 7.25%, something I couldn’t get all last year. Of course, what is different this… Read more »
Sens. Klobuchar, Kaine reintroduce bill to create housing policy plans, boost supply
Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Tim Kaine (Va.) have reintroduced their Housing Supply and Affordability Act to the U.S. Senate in the hope of establishing a new grant program… Read more »
Mortgage rates poised to drop to 5.5% in 2024: Bloomberg
Most economists forecast mortgage rates to decline in 2024, stoking optimism about the housing market. According to the newest Bloomberg Markets Live Pulse Survey (MLIV Pulse), the rate on the… Read more »
Housing demand rises as inventory falls
Housing demand is up and it’s time to track the spring housing data and see what the selling season will bring. As I always stress, we are working from the… Read more »
Mortgage rates sit still in the first week of 2024
In the first week of 2024, mortgage rates continued to stick around the mid 6% mark. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.62% as of Jan. 4, a slight increase from… Read more »
Housing Market Tracker: Inventory is negative YOY
Housing inventory finally broke under 2022 levels last week. To give you an idea how different this year is from last year, last week in 2022, active listings grew 30,940… Read more »