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30-year mortgage rates climbed to 6.20% this week — up 11 basis points — as Iran-driven inflation fears erase the spring rate dip
The spring discount on mortgage rates is gone. Borrowers shopping for a 30-year fixed-rate loan this week face a rate of 6.20%, according to the...
The Buffett Indicator just hit 217% of GDP — higher than the dot-com peak of 150% — and Warren Buffett has said anything above 90% is overheated
Warren Buffett spent the better part of two years doing something that made Wall Street uncomfortable: selling. By the end of the first quarter of...
The 30-year mortgage just climbed back to 6.46% — erasing most of the spring rate dip as Iran war inflation pushes bond yields higher
The spring rate dip that coaxed cautious homebuyers off the sidelines is effectively gone. According to the latest Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the...
Freddie Mac’s Q1 net income jumped 27% to $3.6B as purchase mortgage applications rose 20% year-over-year
Freddie Mac earned $3.6 billion in the first quarter of 2026, a 27% increase over the $2.8 billion it posted a year earlier, as a...
Mortgage rates jumped back to 6.30% this week, snapping a 3-week decline — and oil prices are the reason
The three-week streak of falling mortgage rates is over. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to 6.30% for the week ending May...
U.S. housing market braces for another slow summer as rates stay high
For the third straight year, the summer homebuying season is arriving with a familiar problem: the numbers do not work for millions of Americans. The...
New plans show Crossroads high-rise apartments and luxury hotel in KC
The corner of 16th Street and Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District is, for now, an unremarkable stretch of surface lots and low-slung...
Re/Max agrees to be sold to The Real Brokerage in a $550M deal
RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX), the Denver-founded brokerage whose red, white, and blue hot-air balloon has been a fixture of American real estate since 1973, has...
Report: Peter Thiel buys $12M Buenos Aires mansion as Argentina draws buyers
Peter Thiel has reportedly spent roughly $12 million on a mansion in the Buenos Aires province, a purchase that would make the PayPal co-founder one...
Iran war accelerates clean-energy buying, boosting China’s exporters
Iran war accelerates clean-energy buying, boosting China’s exporters In early March 2026, as naval skirmishes near the Strait of Hormuz sent tanker insurance premiums to...
Zillow flags a major shift in homebuying as mortgage rates bite
A few years ago, a household earning $90,000 could comfortably finance a $400,000 home. Today, with the 30-year fixed mortgage rate near 6.8% according to...
Priced out, some Americans are importing prefab homes from China
When a flat-pack house arrives from Guangdong Province in a pair of 40-foot shipping containers, it does not look like anyone’s dream home; it looks...
Mortgage rates dip again, easing the lock-in effect for would-be sellers
Mortgage rates dip again, easing the lock-in effect for would-be sellers The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped for the third straight week this spring,...
Mortgage rates fell for the third straight week — the 30-year fixed dropped to 6.23%, its lowest since mid-March
For the third week in a row, mortgage rates moved in borrowers’ favor. The average 30-year fixed rate slipped to 6.23% for the week ending...
Existing home sales fell to the lowest level in 9 months — and mortgage rates just ticked back up to 6.05%
Spring is supposed to be when the housing market wakes up. In 2026, it hit the snooze button. Existing home sales slid 3.6% from February...
Is 6.05% a good enough mortgage rate to buy now — or should you wait for a number that might never come?
A couple pre-approved for $400,000 this month faces a question that no spreadsheet can fully answer: lock in a 30-year mortgage at 6.05%, or hold...
Mortgage rates hit 6.02% and could dip below 6% — here’s what that means for your monthly payment
A few weeks ago, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell below 6% for the first time since the fall of 2022. The Associated Press...
Should you refinance your mortgage right now at 6.02% — or wait for sub-6% rates that may never come?
Homeowners who locked in a mortgage at 7% or higher during the 2022-2023 rate spike have spent the better part of two years watching rates...
“One of the most renter-friendly periods in a decade” — here’s where rents are falling fastest and how to negotiate a better lease
Across the Sun Belt (consisting of states across the southern US), landlords are cutting asking rents, throwing in free months, and waiving fees that were...
Sun Belt home prices are collapsing while Rust Belt prices soar — the 2026 housing market nobody predicted
For years, home prices in the Sun Belt region (consisting of southern states, such as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida) have risen relative to home prices...