Housing markets

Removing the requirement for the seller to pay the buyer's broker will make financing more difficult to get for certain groups.

Homeowners have over $29.3 trillion in combined home equity, yet accessing it is becoming less attractive, Point's report said.

Most consumers see their experience in the housing market giving them more pressure than life events like dating or potty training.

The share of residential property buyers that put themselves in the most optimistic category jumped notably in the latest edition of an RCN survey.

After 139 consecutive months of rising values, a change in the pattern could slowly emerge.

The rise in the number of reductions runs against typical seasonal norms, Redfin said.

Policymakers should instead focus on how different components of core inflation are decelerating — with cooling still needed especially in housing inflation.

Public policy experts debated the effect of rising rates on the mortgage market, the impact on homebuyers and ways that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could exit conservatorship at the National Mortgage News Digital Mortgage Conference.

Even as Freddie Mac's survey put rates at their highest since December 2000, factors like rising oil prices and a government shutdown could slow the economy.

The month-to-month decline was larger than all estimates received by Bloomberg in a survey of economists.