Economics Home Building Retreats While Manufacturing Struggles U.S. homebuilding tumbled from more than a 12-year high in September, but single-family home construction rose for a fourth straight month,...
Economics Optimism Building Despite Housing Start Slump Housing starts declined but other economic measures suggest that the construction slowdown could be temporary. September starts fell...
Economics What's Keeping Mortgage Rates From Sinking Lower? Interest rates have been plummeting, but the cost of taking out a mortgage hasn’t fallen as fast. Falling rates are usually a boon to the...
Economics The Housing Market’s Rebound Is No Mirage One place where the Federal Reserve's “mid-cycle adjustment” is playing out according to script is in the housing market, which at 15% is...
Economics Consumer Confidence in Housing Weakens Although most consumers believe now is a good time to buy a home, a growing number of respondents in the monthly Fannie Mae consumer...
Economics Mortgage Interest Rates: How Low Can They Go? Economists at Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Mortgage Bankers Association are forecasting low mortgage rates, slowing home price...
New-Home Sales Lower Mortgage Rates Bringing in Buyers The sell-off in the stock market is causing an unexpected turnaround in mortgage interest rates. The average rate on the popular 30-year...
Economics No One Told Housing Stocks a Recession Is Coming If the U.S. economy is headed toward a recession and an end to the current bull market in the near future, it will be doing so,...
Economics The Next Threat to Stability of the Financial System Could Be Wet Mortgage providers may be hiding the risk related to lending in areas that are prone to flooding by moving vulnerable mortgages out of the...
Economics Where Is the Most Job and Wage Growth Occurring? Glassdoor reports on the top U.S. cities for job and pay growth. The top three cities for job growth are Boston (up 8.4% year over year...
