Mortgage rates are expected to ease as markets anticipate Federal Reserve policymakers will raise rates just 1 more time this year and then reverse course
Jerry Grantham, co-founder of the investment firm GMO, said this week he fears another bubble is about to burst, with the crisis that gripped the banking system in March just the beginning
Past periods of high inflation and high rates — be it in 1979, 1980 or 1990 — have caused the housing market to stall. But they also didn't crush it forever, according to an Inman analysis
Fannie Mae economists say downturn won't rival the 2008 financial crisis, but jumbo mortgages and construction loans could get scarce if small and midsized regional banks tighten
Mortgage rates expected to ease even as Fed vows to continue 'quantitative tightening' that's trimming mortgage holdings by $35B a month
Bank failures and slowdown in wage growth have forecasters thinking the Federal Reserve will back off from aggressive rate hike campaign when it meets next week
Futures markets are taking the Fed chair at his word that policymakers may have to hike rates faster and take them higher to combat inflation
Housing costs were the biggest contributor to inflation in January, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Increased food and energy costs were smaller by comparison
Strong job numbers spark fears that the Fed will need to stick to its guns and continue to raise rates and keep them elevated for some time to fight inflation
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is telegraphing one more small adjustment in March, but some bond market investors think rate hike campaign may now be over
50 basis points 'is still a historically large increase and we still have some ways to go,' Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warns after policymakers wrap up final meeting of the year
While purchase loan applications were up 4% week over week, there's still 'very little refinance incentive with rates so much higher than last year,' MBA forecaster says
Purchase loan applications rose 1% last week despite latest Fed rate hike, but homebuyer demand for mortgages remained close to 2015 lows, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says pace of rate hikes could slow but may ultimately need to go higher than policymakers had forecast at their September meeting
Investors fear ongoing moves by the Fed and other central banks to raise short-term interest rates to fight inflation could ultimately lead to a recession