Mortgage Rates Remain Steady; Buyers Moving on Modest Decreases
Mortgage rates remained relatively steady from last week, but an increase in home-purchase application activity after multiple weeks of decreases ...
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Slight Rate Drop Drives Mortgage Application Activity Upward After Weeks of Declines
While mortgage rates remain elevated, a slight retreat this past week drove home-purchase application activity up for the first time ...
Energy Costs Dip While Inflation Regains Momentum: Report
As many Americans blasted their ACs and took to the roads for summer vacations in July, the cost of energy ...
Big Builders Cite Consumer ‘Anxieties,’ Oil Prices as Weighing on Market
As we slip into the second half of 2026, major homebuilders are looking past this challenging year and making their ...
Econ Review: A Look at July’s Key Market Data
Editor’s note: Econ Review is a roundup of the housing and economic market data reports released during the month. As ...
Weakening Job Market Raises Rate Uncertainty as Housing Market Chugs
A resilient labor market may finally be bowing under the pressure of back-and-forth tariffs, the now five-month-long war against Iran ...
Mortgage Rates Rise to Higher Than Year-Ago Levels for the First Time in 44 Weeks
Mortgage rates continued their upward march, coming in above year-ago levels for the first time in 44 weeks, but economists ...
Home Shoppers Pull Back as Rates Hit Highest Point in Over a Year
Those shopping for a home or a refinance for a lower rate appear to be moving back to the sidelines ...
Mortgage Rates Rise for Fourth Straight Week, Hitting 12-Month High
The continued summer slowdown in the housing market could see an uptick in transactions before fall, but economists are pointing ...
Inflation Cools to 2-Month Low, but the Future Is Murky
Inflation cooled in June according to the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), meeting economists’ expectations for ...
21 Ways to Create a Recruiting 2.0 Culture
Recruiting and retention chases agents. Selection and development chooses them, invests in them and gives them a reason no split can match. Read more.
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