Mortgage rates fell again this week, after plunging nearly half a percentage point last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.58% in the week ending Nov. 23, down from 6.61% the previous week, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3.10%. Mortgage rates have risen for most of 2022, boosted …
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U.S. home sales fell for the ninth straight month in October as soaring mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market. Sales of existing homes — which include single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops — were down 28.4% in October from a year ago and 5.9% from September , according to a …
Minneapolis CNN Business — US shoppers spent more in October, showing continued resilience amid still-high inflation and an early start to the holiday shopping season. US retail sales rose 1.3% in October, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. It’s the biggest monthly gain since February and better than 1% economists had expected. consumer spending was flat …
There is no coating: it’s a terrible time to buy a house. Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed-rate loan are now hovering above 7%, more than 4 percentage points higher than a year ago. This reduced the purchasing power of a typical buyer by 14%, according to Black Knight, a mortgage data company. With fewer …
hong kong CNN Business — Singles Day in China, the largest in the world annual trade event, is known for regularly breaking sales records. This year’s windfall, which ends Friday and is led by internet titans Alibaba (BABA) and JD.com (JD), is likely to be no exception: first time. Singles Day typically eclipses two of …
