Demand for mortgages dropped as interest rates rose to new highs, with both purchase and refinance mortgage applications registering weekly declines. MBA’s Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, fell by 5.7 percent for the week ending May 12 compared to the previous week, according to a May 17 press release. Joel Kan,…

Over a quarter or 25.1 percent of house hunters in the United States were seeking to relocate to a new metropolitan area in February, according to real estate company Redfin. The interest to relocate registered at 22.9 percent in 2022, and approximately 18 percent prior to the pandemic. The latest number is a record high,…

The U.S. housing market lost more than $2 trillion in home value during the second half of 2022 as homebuyer demand waned amid elevated mortgage rates, even as home prices fell 11.5 percent from their May peak, according to real estate brokerage Redfin. At the end of 2022, the total value of U.S. homes was…

Mortgage demand is recovering as rates continued to fall last week for the fifth consecutive time. The news caused current homeowners and potential homebuyers to immediately react to the changes. The total mortgage application volume, including refinances and loans to purchase a home, jumped 7.4 percent for the week ending Feb. 3, according to the…

Yearly home prices in the United States are set to fall next year for the first time in a decade, with residential property sales also declining, according to real estate brokerage Redfin. The median home sales price is expected to drop by 4 percent to $368,000 in 2023, which will be its first annual decline…

U.S. mortgage applications tumbled as potential buyers across the country ignored falling borrowing rates and stayed on the sideline due to still-high home prices. Applications for mortgage loans decreased 0.8 percent from a week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week ended Nov. 25, 2022, with an adjustment for the…

Homebuilder sentiment in newly built single-family homes dropped in November as prospective buyers shied away from making a purchase due to high costs, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), which measures homebuilder sentiment, declined five points, to 33, and registered the 11th consecutive monthly decline,…

With interest rates remaining high, demand for mortgages dropped during the week ended Nov. 4, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan-application volume, fell 0.1 percent from a week ago on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to an MBA press release on Nov. 9….

Demand for mortgages has fallen to a multi-decade low amid rising interest rates that have hit record levels, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). MBA’s Market Composite Index, which measures the volume of loan applications, fell 4.5 percent for the week ending Oct. 14 from a week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, an…

Demand for home loans continues to slump as mortgage rates last week rose to their highest level in almost 21 years. Mortgage application volumes for a home purchase loan fell 2 percent for the week ending Oct. 7, 39 percent lower than the same week in 2021, according to a report by the Mortgage Bankers…