On a year-over-year basis, the Case-Shiller Index, regarded as a leading indicator of U.S. home prices, reported a 0.3% annual decrease in April, down from a gain of 0.7% in March 2023. Click through for more on the index and expert insights on the results of this month’s index.
Read More »Fed Decides to Hold Interest Rates Steady at June Meeting
For the first time in 15 months, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee moved to hold the nominal interest rate steady at a range of 5.00% to 5.25%.
Read More »‘Glass Half-Full, Half-Empty’: Examining April Existing-Home Sales
Existing-home sales dropped 3.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.28 million units at a median price of $388,800.
Read More »Fed Raises Nominal Interest Rate by 0.25%
As expected, the Federal Reserve raised rates again at the end of their May meeting by a quarter point—this is now the tenth-straight increase.
Read More »Pending Home Sales Numbers Improve, Further Incremental Improvements Expected
“Home sales activity looks to be bottoming out in the first quarter of this year, before incremental improvements will occur,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
Read More »Home Prices Fall, Ending 131 Months of Growth
“Home prices fell in February, the first year-over-year decline in the national median home price in more than two decades,” said Bright MLS Chief Economist Dr. Lisa Sturtevant.
Read More »February 2023 Housing Starts Up 13.8% Over January
Publishing data covering the month of February 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released their joint report on new residential construction permits, starts, and completions.
Read More »Fed Hikes Interest Rates by 25pts
This is now the eighth consecutive rate hike, an increase of 4.5% since the hikes began.
Read More »Report: YoY Pending Sales Down 30% Nationally
A new report from the National Association of Realtors shows pending home sales numbers improving on a monthly basis for the first time in six months. Click through to read Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s thoughts on the matter.
Read More »Fed Hikes Rates by 75 Points; Sixth Increase This Year
Another Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, another rate hike. At the conclusion of the FOMC’s November Meeting, the Committee raised rates by 75 basis points, the fourth consecutive such hike and the sixth of 2022.
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