Measured prior to yesterday’s quarter-point rate hike by the Fed, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage had dropped another 18 basis points (0.18 percentage points) over the past week to 6.42 percent but remained 200 basis points, or roughly 45 percent, higher than at the same time... Read More »

With all the volatility in the financial markets, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 13 basis points (0.13 percentage points) over the past week to 6.60 percent but remains 244 basis points, or roughly 60 percent, higher than at the same time last year and... Read More »

As indexed by the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage credit availability in the U.S. dropped to its lowest level since January of 2013, with “all loan types seeing declines in availability over the month” and the index for Jumbo loan availability having declined the most, driven by an “ongoing trend... Read More »

While 35 percent fewer condos and single-family homes have been newly listed for sale over the past week and month than over the same periods of time last year, the net number of single-family homes and condos on the market (i.e., inventory) is still 2 percent higher, year-over-year; 25... Read More »

Following a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 8 basis points (0.08 percentage points) over the past week to 6.73 percent, which is 288 basis points and 75 percent higher than at the same time... Read More »

The volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the U.S. ticked up 9 percent in the absolute last week, representing a 7 percent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis from a 28-year low. That being said, purchase mortgage activity was still down over... Read More »

Having dropped to a 28-year low last week, the volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the U.S. has since ticked down another 3 percent in the absolute, representing a 6 percent drop on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to data from the... Read More »

Despite a pronounced slowdown in the relative number of condos and single-family homes newly listed for sale over the past two weeks, driven by sellers either being unable or unwilling to accept an ongoing drop in values, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco has... Read More »

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 18 basis points (0.18 percentage points) over the past week to 6.50 percent, which is 261 basis points, or nearly 70 percent, higher than at the same time last year and 385 basis points, or nearly 150 percent,... Read More »

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 20 basis points (0.20 percentage points) over the past week to 6.32 percent, which is 240 basis points higher than at the same time last year and 367 basis points, or nearly 140 percent, higher than its all-time... Read More »