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Right now, builders have too many homes and not enough people to sell them to. In the long term, the United States has the opposite problem: Not enough houses for all the people who want them.

Competition is plummeting as would-be buyers are dropping out of the home buying process.

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year.

Fixed mortgage rates continued to edge upward this week, putting added pressure on summer homebuyers who are burdened with steep borrowing costs and stubbornly…

While housing costs were still up nationwide, Pacific states saw the most rapid pace of moderation on an annual basis, a Federal Housing Finance Agency study found.

Freddie Mac Reports Net Income of $2.5 Billion for Second Quarter 2022 Making Home Possible for 617,000 Households in Second Quarter 2022 ... | July 28, 2022

The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., or Freddie Mac, today reported that its net income declined 33% in the second quarter from a year earlier, driven primarily by a provision for credit losses compared to a benefit for credit losses in the prior quarter.

Freddie Mac Reports Net Income of $2.5 Billion for Second Quarter 2022 ... | July 28, 2022

Fixer-upper loans, like FHA 203(k) loans and VA rehab loans, give borrowers the option to roll home improvement costs into their mortgage.

Fears of a recession have caused the 30-year fixed rate average to reverse course. It fell to 4.99 percent this week.

In the past year, the median home price has jumped more than 15 percent, according to data compiled from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. And renters are feeling similar pain: On average, rents in May were up 15 percent than a year before, according to Redfin, but in some cities, like Austin, Nashville, or Seattle, the rise was more than double that.

Mortgage rates continued their upward march this week, resulting in 'sluggish' homebuying activity.

The high cost of home ownership continues to squeeze would-be buyers with mortgage rates rising again this week after two weeks of declines.

Mortgage rates were pretty flat week-to-week, but they remain volatile on a day-to-day basis as rates follow the uncertain news of an economy in flux.

The housing market remains in flux, now with more homes staying "stale" and being stuck on listings due to high prices and higher interest rates.

Although mortgage rates and inventory have risen, real estate agents are welcoming the slower pace of the current real estate market.

Bidding wars for homes have dropped to their lowest rate in more than two years, in another sign of the cooling housing market, according to an industry report.

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A significant divergence between the FHFA and the Ginnie Mae issuer rules could greatly disrupt the secondary market — and that is precisely the outcome that now faces the mortgage industry, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The 30-year fixed average drifted down to 5.13 percent this week.

Purchase mortgage rates declined this week on the news that inflation appears to have peaked. They fell to 5.13% this week, down nine basis points.

Meanwhile, savvy buyers will find ‘certain opportunities’ that haven’t been available for years, says one real estate expert.

The 30-year fixed-rate average continued its wild swings, rising to 5.55 percent this week.

Rates for the 30-year mortgage are back up again this year over concerns that the Federal Reserve will again raise interest rates.

Good news, house hunters: Home prices have started to cool. Prices are still rising, but annual home price appreciation slowed from April to June, with June marking the strongest single-month deceleration in home price growth ever, according to Black Knight, a mortgage data analy

A piece of legislation cleared the House this week that would allow for so-called "desktop appraisals" on properties financed by government-backed veteran loans.

Buyers may have the advantage in negotiations, but many first-timers are ‘literally locked out.’

Mortgage rates topped 6% last week as economic indicators showed that consumers are still paying high prices for goods, Freddie Mac said.

Home affordability is slipping as interest rates rise in Oklahoma City.

A piece of legislation cleared the House this week that would allow for so-called "desktop appraisals" on properties financed by government-backed veteran loans.

Even the most battle-tested industry players are preparing for one of the strongest housing market corrections in decades.

Prospective buyers have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in spending power, thanks to rising rates.

A housing economist says as recession fears turn more real, housing prices and mortgage rates could decline. It may finally be a buyer's market.

Mortgage rates today are the highest they've been since 2008, topping out at 5.89% for the 30-year fixed term.

Average 30-year U.S. mortgage rates have hit 6.7%, the highest level since 2007, mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

High interest rates! Just what this crazy housing market needed.

Mortgages rise for sixth straight week, threatening to sideline even more homebuyers as Americans struggle with cost of borrowing