housing market

Homebuyers Getting Older as Younger Consumers Barred From Housing Market
Homebuyers Getting Older as Younger Consumers Barred From Housing Market
November 04, 2024  |  Real Estate

The typical American homebuyer is older than ever before, National Association of Realtors data shows.  The association’s 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers —...

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Redfin Cuts 13% of Staff in Advance of Long Housing Drought
Redfin Cuts 13% of Staff in Advance of Long Housing Drought
November 09, 2022  |  Real Estate

Anticipating a housing market downturn that will stretch into next year, online real estate seller Redfin is laying off 13% of its staff and shuttering...

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Goldman Sachs Warns UK Of Mortgage Price War
Goldman Sachs Warns UK Of Mortgage Price War
August 09, 2021  |  Real Estate

Goldman Sachs says ring-fencing regulations imposed after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis are driving up housing prices in England by promoting business practices that have...

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Mortgage Applications Skyrocket 33 Pct As Housing Market Rebounds
Mortgage Applications Skyrocket 33 Pct As Housing Market Rebounds
July 08, 2020  |  Loans

Homebuyer mortgage applications surged as June turned into July, in yet another sign of the housing market’s surprisingly strong rebound after the coronavirus-triggered shutdown this...

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Manhattan Apartment Sales Fell 84 Pct In May
Manhattan Apartment Sales Fell 84 Pct In May
June 03, 2020  |  Real Estate

Condominium sales in Manhattan plummeted by 84 percent in May as the COVID-19 pandemic and protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands...

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Mortgage Purchase Applications Rise For Seventh Consecutive Week
Mortgage Purchase Applications Rise For Seventh Consecutive Week
June 03, 2020  |  Loans

One of the few bright spots in the nation’s ailing economy is the housing market. Fueled by the lowest home loan rates in the nation’s...

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Consumers Plunge Back Into Homebuying Market
Consumers Plunge Back Into Homebuying Market
May 27, 2020  |  Real Estate

There’s good news for the economy on the home-buying front. “Purchase applications increased 9 percent last week – the sixth consecutive weekly increase and a...

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April Home Sales Slide As Buyers, Sellers Wait Out Pandemic
April Home Sales Slide As Buyers, Sellers Wait Out Pandemic
May 21, 2020  |  Real Estate

Home sales fell to a 10-year low in April as buying and selling have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Association...

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US Pending Home Sales Drop Almost 21 Pct As Buyers Stay Home
US Pending Home Sales Drop Almost 21 Pct As Buyers Stay Home
April 29, 2020  |  Real Estate

Pending single-family home sales fell by nearly 21 percent in March compared to February as the economic impact of COVID-19 took its toll on the...

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