Housing markets

However, of those that would choose face-to-face interaction, 40% want it to include a hybrid or fully digital process.

PulteGroup Inc. reported plunging demand for its homes and a spike in canceled deals for the third quarter. But the shares rose, showing just how the bar has been "lowered" for builders navigating the U.S. housing slump.

A measure of prices in 20 large U.S. cities in August fell 1.3% on a month-over-month basis, the most since March 2009, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index.

However, Julia Gordon is now on the record saying that the agency is actively analyzing whether or not to do so, and it's considering the potential magnitude and composition of a reduction.

But a cooling housing market opened up buying opportunities for some and helped drive the share of FHA-backed purchases upward for the first time in a year, according to new Attom research.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell for an eighth straight month in September, underscoring how soaring mortgage rates are punishing the housing market. 

Close to 60,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled in September

New U.S. home construction declined in September and permit applications for single-family dwellings fell, adding to evidence that the highest mortgage rates in two decades are sapping demand and discouraging new builds.

As higher mortgage rates bite harder, the number of metro Atlanta home sales in September fell and the selling prices stopped rising.

New-home mortgage applications fell 13.2% on an annual basis, while average purchase sizes declined for the fifth straight month.

Many Wall Street economists are holding firm to their bet that U.S. inflation will slow substantially over the next year even as they're being forced to keep raising their predictions for coming months.

Quarterly numbers also show the smallest gain in appreciation since 2011, with values decreasing on an unadjusted basis, according to Fannie Mae.

Four national housing market experts presented their economic and residential outlooks Thursday in a panel at the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in Atlanta.

The high interest rate environment is causing repeat buyers to pull back from the market, creating ample space for entry borrowers to purchase a home.

Consumer and business confidence is already under immense pressure from the rising cost of living, at the same time that equity, bond and real estate prices are falling.

The West Coast and across the Rocky Mountain region are the most vulnerable to price declines in the coming months as both sellers and buyers readjust their expectations.

But conspicuously missing from the mortgage industry's discussions about affordability, housing equity and the future health of our industry is the growing, disruptive influence of single-family home investors, particularly institutional investors, writes the president of Down Payment Resource.

Rent of shelter and owners' equivalent rent each accelerated 0.8% in September from the prior month, the most since 1990, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.

And a trio of large publicly traded nonbank lenders looking to defend market share may consider buying those mid-sized brethren, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report said.