Mortgage rates eased Friday as investors took stock of new data showing employers added 151,000 workers to their payrolls in February and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%
Despite a slow start to the year, Zillow's latest report said May might be a potential goldmine for homesellers. Listings that go live during the last two weeks of May receive a premium of $5,600
After surprise inflation report, Trump administration says the Fed's interest rate decisions will be exempt from its attempt to exert more control over independent federal agencies
Trump calls for lower interest rates after release of January CPI report. Powell says Fed is in no hurry to cut rates, and bond market investors who fund mortgages are taking him at his word
Trump wants the central bank to lower rates. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he's not spoken to the President, and that 'we don't need to be in a hurry to adjust the policy stance'
Elevated rates chill the prospects of a 2025 sales rebound from the lowest level in 30 years, as many would-be homebuyers and sellers would stay on the sidelines: Fannie Mae
Industry changes stemming from the National Association of Realtors' antitrust settlement have made listing appointments easier, among other perks, real estate leaders told Inman
Inflation and sticky mortgage rates undercut the housing market in 2024. President Trump has vowed to force both metrics down — but conflicting economic policies may make that goal difficult
Core inflation rose less in November than had been expected, in part because housing costs rose at a slower pace, Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief US Economist Samuel Tombs said
Bond market investors who fund most mortgages focus on the latest dot plot, which shows Fed policymakers only expect to bring short-term rates down by half a percentage point in 2025
Move was anticipated by investors that fund most home loans, who have been driving up mortgage rates over concerns about inflation and pace of future Fed rate cuts
Purchase loan applications are up 9% from a year ago, as inventories of new and existing homes increase and lower mortgage rates help with affordability, MBA lender survey suggests
In this exclusive video series on Inman, Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker illuminates the latest stats, reports and numbers you should know. This week: The Fed's latest rate cut
Fed easing was already priced into mortgage rates, but there's room for more relief if investors who fund most home loans get less skittish about prepayment risk and quantitative tightening
Central bank policymakers drop short-term rates by 1/2 percentage point and signal more cuts ahead, but much of the impact may have already been priced in to mortgage rates