Real Estate

The rate for the most common kind of mortgage just surged again. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage shot significantly higher Friday, rising 24 basis points to 4.95%, according to Mortgage News Daily. It is now 164 basis points higher than it was one year ago. “That’s the second time this week, and

A home with a sign indicating that it is under contract to be sold is seen in a neighborhood of downtown Washington. Jim Bourg | Reuters In a grim sign for the housing market’s busiest season, pending home sales, which measure signed contracts on existing homes, fell 4.1% in February compared with January, according to the

Prospective home buyers arrive with a realtor to a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A sharp increase in mortgage interest rates is taking its toll on loan demand, especially refinances. Total mortgage application volume fell 8.1% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage

A home is offered for sale on January 20, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage hit 4.72% Tuesday, moving 26 basis points higher since just Friday, according to Mortgage News Daily. As a result of the recent spike in rates, economists are now

A view of the Evergrande Changqing community on Sept. 24, 2021, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty Images A slew of Chinese real estate developers said this week that they are either not able to release their financial results on time or have yet to set board meetings

Paul Bradbury | OJO Images | Getty Images First-time home buyers have a steep learning curve, from understanding true affordability and how to qualify for a mortgage to managing their cash flow after their purchase. “When buying your first home, you need to consider that what a lender will let you borrow is not necessarily

Rocky Mountain mansion owned by oligarch Roman Abramovich outside Aspen, Co. Courtesy: Pitkin County Assessor A Rocky Mountain mansion owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich would likely be among the first assets frozen by the U.S. government if he is sanctioned by the White House in response to the war in Ukraine, according to attorneys

A For Sale sign is displayed in front of a house in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes fell 7.2% month to month in February to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 6.02 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. That

A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on September 28, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Home value growth surpassed median salaries last year in 25 of 38 metropolitan areas across the country, according to research from real estate company Zillow. To compare, Zillow said only five

With more than 160 stories, the Burj Khalifa is 2,716 feet tall, or more than twice the height of New York’s 1,250-foot Empire State Building, in Dubai. Fraser Hall | The Image Bank | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Emirati property magnate Hussain Sajwani is riding high after a record start to the

A data center. Erik Isakson | DigitalVision | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Emirati property magnate Hussain Sajwani will invest $1 billion to build a global network of data centers under his recently launched Edgnex venture, marking a pivot to digital after two decades in brick and mortar real estate.  “We’re going to

A contractor frames a house under construction in Lehi, Utah, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Private residential construction in the U.S. rose 2.7% in November. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates are starting to take their toll on the nation’s homebuilders, who are more concerned about affordability heading into the

The Federal Reserve raised its target federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point from near zero at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday. The first increase in the benchmark rate in three years will lay the groundwork for six more hikes by year’s end. “The war in Eastern Europe gives the Fed reason to act more cautiously, but

A home stands for sale in a Brooklyn neighborhood on New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images A sharp jump in mortgage rates last week soured demand from both current homeowners and potential homebuyers, causing mortgage applications to drop. With rates now back on the expected upward trajectory, following a brief drop at the

A house for rent in Corona Del Mar, California. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Demand for single-family rental homes is soaring, pushing prices to record highs, as Americans begin to emerge from two years of pandemic hardship and return to big cities. Single-family rents gained a record 12.6% year over year in January, according to a

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates Wednesday as they look to contain soaring inflation. The first quarter-point increase in the federal funds rate in three years will likely lay the groundwork for additional hikes to follow. “The cumulative effect of rate hikes is what is really going to have an impact on the economy and

In a four-story apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, a very small company is implementing a very big idea: Electrify every building in the United States by leasing landlords the necessary equipment to make the transition. BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based start-up that has “greened” more than 1,200 buildings in New York City and has similar

A “For Sale” sign is seen outside a home in New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The war-induced drop in U.S. mortgage rates was short-lived. Rates popped up again this week to the highest level in nearly two years.  The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage hit 4.19% and then fell to 3.90%

David Sacks | Getty Images Consumer prices are rising at their fastest pace in decades — and that inflation has been most acute in household staple items like food, housing and transportation, making it hard to escape the budgetary sting. The Consumer Price Index jumped 7.9% in February relative to a year earlier, the largest

A single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters After rising steadily for months, mortgage rates made a U-turn last week, and borrowers jumped to take advantage. The crisis in Ukraine rattled financial markets and caused a run on the relatively safer bond market. Yields fell and mortgage rates