Browsing Tag
home sales
Average US long-term mortgage rates climb to 6.29% this week
By MATT OTT - AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped by more than a quarter-point this week to their highest level since 2007 as the Federal Reserve…
Housing-Affordability Index Drops to Lowest Level Since 2006
Record home prices and higher mortgage rates in May made it the most expensive month since 2006 to buy a home, prompting more buyers to give up and pressuring sellers to cut asking prices.The National Association of Realtors’…
Retail sales in May slip 0.3% amid surging inflation
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut their spending unexpectedly in May compared with a month before, underscoring how surging inflation on daily necessities like gas is…
Housing Boom Fails to Lift All Homes Above Previous Cycle’s Peak
The housing boom of the past two years propelled U.S. home prices to record highs throughout the country. But in hundreds of cities, the red-hot market hasn’t yet brought back prices to where they stood about 15 years ago.Prices fell so…
Stocks rise on Wall Street after Fed meeting minutes release
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA - AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes on Wall Street rose in choppy trading Wednesday afternoon following the release of minutes from the Federal…
Wall Street, global markets bounce back on China’s rate cut
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward gains before the opening bell Friday after a surprise interest rate cut from China lowered, at least temporarily, the anxiety over a slowdown…
U.S. Home Sales Cool Amid Higher Rates, Record Prices
Rapidly rising mortgage rates and record home prices are cooling the U.S. housing market, as April sales dropped for the third straight month and fell to their weakest pace in nearly two years.Existing-home sales slipped 2.4% in April from…
Homebuyers stymied by fewer homes, high prices, rising rates
By ALEX VEIGA - AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shortly after moving to South Florida for a new job with the U.S. military, Shannon Kaufman and his wife, Wendy, signed up for a whole other…