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Higher costs than expected, not just for the mortgage but for repairs and more, have recent buyers' regretting their purchase, Clever RE and Redfin found in separate reports.
March 29 -
But the 30-year fixed rate mortgage is still near 7%, and that remains the overhang on the housing market, Freddie Mac said.
March 28 -
Mortgage payments rose 10% year-over-year to an all-time high for March, Redfin said.
March 28 -
The Midwest was the main driver of the increase in pending sales, with a 10.6% jump, while contract signings in the South edged up 1.1%.
March 28 -
State and local governments borrowed nearly $9 billion for affordable housing so far this year — the most for the period in at least a decade.
March 27 -
Potential home buyers may be holding back in anticipation of lower rates to come in the second half of the year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
March 27 -
But home prices declined from December, both the Federal Housing Finance Agency and S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller found, a possible precursor to a cooling market.
March 26 -
The 30-year fixed rate mortgage, the movements of which have been volatile in recent weeks, is expected to stay in the range of 6.5% for the first half of the year before trending down, Freddie Mac said.
March 25 -
Instability in mortgage rate movements should continue in the weeks ahead, even with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's comments on inflation.
March 21 -
The figures indicate the resale market is breaking out of a protracted slump due to high mortgage rates that discouraged homeowners from moving.
March 21