What Does the Fed’s Rate Hike Mean for the Housing Market?
In the wake of the Federal Reserve’s decision to move forward with its long-hinted-at half-percent interest rate hike, two leading real estate industry economists said they don’t expect the recent rapid rises in mortgage rates to continue through to the...
Will the Housing Market Normalize Next Year? Yun Says ‘Yes’
The crazy roller-coaster ride that has been the nation’s real estate markets could come to an end next year, the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors said last week. Lawrence Yun said that 2022’s sales totals would be unlikely to best...Some Closings Hit a Wall with AWOL Buyers
The closing is the last step in the long, sometimes difficult, almost always anxious journey in buying and selling a house. And it can be just as ripe for pitfalls as any other part of the process. According to a poll of 50,000 agents and brokers by the National...
Report Shows 2021’s Buyers Looked Online Before Turning to Realtors
Many of 2021’s buyers started their homebuying process with an online search for homes for sale, according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors that collated data from a number of national-level NAR surveys. Forty-three percent of buyers took...This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
