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Byline: ROB CARRICK, Staff Lead A personal finance lesson of the past 12 years is that interest-rate forecasts are close to useless - just plan for rates to fall. Keep [...]

Byline: RACHELLE YOUNGLAI, Staff Lead Canada's national housing agency is predicting home prices could plummet up to 18 per cent and mortgage arrears could soar to 20 per cent, a [...]

Low interest rates should bolster home sales, but other factors can get in the way, the coronavirus among them. In an effort to contain the economic damage inflicted by the [...]

Byline: Charisse Jones, USA TODAY It might sound strange, but if you're looking to buy a home, the coronavirus outbreak could help you out. That's because worries about COVID-19 are [...]

To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/first-time-home-buyers-feel-squeeze-as-inventory-tightens-q32020-nw By Elizabeth Renter 2020 will go down in history for many things, but [...]

New York City: Moody's Investors Service has issued the following news release: Moody's Investors Service, ('Moody's') assigns Aa1 to the proposed $30,000,000 Montana Board of Housing ('the Board') Single Family [...]

Byline: Melissa Lawford The 'Bank of Mum and Dad' is being pushed off the property ladder as lender Nationwide seeks first-time buyers who can save for themselves. The country's second [...]

WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae has issued the following press release: The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index(r) (HPSI) rose for the third consecutive month, increasing 1.3 points in January [...]

COLUMBUS: Nationwide has issued the following press release: Demand from prospective homebuyers and lack of supply from the existing home market are expected to boost new home sales and housing [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- Nationwide issued the following news release: - U.S. housing market expected to remain positive in 2020 Demand from prospective homebuyers and lack of supply from [...]

Byline: Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Just a few years ago, more than a third of home buyers didn't blink at throwing down cold hard cash to make their purchases. But [...]

Byline: Janna Herron and Paul Davidson, USA TODAY If you're hunting for a house this spring, say goodbye to frenzied bidding wars. And if you're selling, get ready for good, [...]

Byline: Troy McMullen Vanessa Bulnes and her husband, Richard, bought their house on 104th Avenue in East Oakland, California, in 1992. The modest two-bedroom property is where they lived for [...]

Byline: Martin DaksBeing a millennial can be tough. The generation generally defined as 25-34 years old encompasses a lot of people who are staggering under huge student-loan debt and many [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the Mortgage Bankers Association: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for September 2019 shows mortgage applications for [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the Mortgage Bankers Association: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for August 2019 shows mortgage applications for [...]

Byline: Bradley Keoun To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: https://www.thestreet.com/markets/trumps-china-trade-war-disrupts-us-mortgage-refinancing-boom-15070930 U.S. mortgage applications fell last week as home-loan rates rose [...]

Byline: Michele Lerner Economic uncertainty drove mortgage rates down, according to Freddie Mac data released Thursday, with the popular 30-year reaching its lowest level in nearly three years. The 30-year [...]

Byline: Gary Acosta;Jim Parrott;Mark Zandi The face of America is changing, and the housing market is changing along with it. If the mortgage market doesn't keep up, the nation's economy [...]

Total home-loan volume could climb 3.9% this year, according to mortgage forecasting and advisory firm iEmergent. Other mortgage top dogs also predicted a gain, with Freddie Macs March mortgage finance [...]

Byline: Kenneth R. Harney Have we arrived at one of those rare Goldilocks moments in real estate, where the market works well for sellers and buyers, strongly favoring neither? Maybe. [...]

Columbus, Ohio, March 25 -- Nationwide issued the following news release: - Slower house price gains and lower mortgage rates a boon for buyers There is good news for homebuyers [...]

Byline: Janna Herron, USA TODAY Buying a home just got a bit more expensive. Rates on the most common mortgage topped 5 percent for the first time since February 2011, [...]

Byline: Jonathan FoxThe unemployment rate may be at a record low, yet when it comes to the housing market, stocks and affordability, we are experiencing a very different trend.For two [...]

Byline: JANET McFARLAND; Staff Canadian house prices are expected to climb significantly in the second half of 2018, driven by price gains in the Toronto region as buyers adapt to [...]

Byline: Peter Dunn, USA TODAY This is the final of a series where I explore the financial products I love the most but through a highly critical lens. I will [...]

Byline: Iain Withers MORTGAGE approvals picked up last month but remained sluggish, amid warnings from major banks of a slowdown in the housing market. The number of mortgage approvals rose [...]

Rising home prices and a slim supply of starter homes in many areas are making this spring a challenging one for first-time buyers, real estate professionals say. The typical price [...]

The number of mortgage approvals for homebuyers recovered from a four-year low in January, according to the latest data from UK Finance. The body, which collects data from British high [...]

COLUMBUS,: Nationwide has issued the following press release:Nationwide's latest Health of Housing Markets Report (HoHM Report) found that demand for housing is slipping in response to rising mortgage rates - [...]

Byline: Kathy OrtonYour 401(k) might not be doing so great these days, but for those looking to buy or refinance a home, the stock market's fluctuations have been a holiday [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 12 -- Nationwide's latest Health of Housing Markets Report (HoHM Report) found that demand for housing is slipping in response to rising mortgage rates - worsening housing [...]

April 05--Although the volume of purchase-money lending is forecasted to increase this year, it won't be enough to offset the projected decline in refinances. Overall residential loan originations are expected [...]

Byline: Paul Davidson, @Pdavidsonusat, USA TODAY Riskier borrowers are making up a growing share of new mortgages, pushing up delinquencies modestly and raising concerns about an eventual spike in defaults [...]

Byline: Megan McArdle When the contractor finally gave us his bid for a long-awaited major house renovation, my husband gazed upon the bottom line with awestruck eyes. They quickly turned [...]

--The likely rise in mortgage rates is not the worry for first-time home buyers, but whether they can find something to buy in today's supply-constrained market, says Chief Economist Mark [...]

McLean: Freddie Mac has issued the following press release: Swift home-price growth and the ongoing climb in mortgage rates this year have made buying a home more expensive, but home [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - Swift home-price growth and the ongoing climb in mortgage rates this year have made buying a home more expensive, but home sales are still on track to squeak [...]

SEATTLE: Zillow has issued the following press release: The years of historically affordable mortgage rates look to be ending as rates have steadily increased in recent months and show no [...]

Rates have risen steadily since the beginning of 2018 after years of historically low mortgage rates maintained affordable monthly homeownership costs - The typical U.S. mortgage payment in 2017 required [...]

Byline: Jill Chodorov Kaminsky Warning: Your home is not an ATM. Pulling cash out of the equity in the home was a factor that led to the market crash in [...]

The average loan amount to Millennial borrowers for all closed loans was $189,686 in October, down from $192,005 in September, yet higher than last October's average of $186,567, according to [...]

Byline: Kathy Orton The rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage, the most popular home loan product, made its biggest jump in three months after a volatile week in the bond [...]

Byline: Kathy Orton The stock market's plunge following the Brexit vote was bad for most people's retirement accounts but good for those looking to refinance their mortgage. Even as the [...]

BEIJING -- Migrant workers are the unsung heroes of China's economic miracle. Numbering more than 270 million, they abandon their impoverished farms and villages to move to the cities, where [...]