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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 9 - Caught on Camera

A triple threat stalks the housing market as rates, costs, and election anxiety collide

Oh, and of course, home prices are still skyhigh.

Fortune

What housing plans do US presidential candidates Trump and Harris offer?

Since 2020, average US home prices are up 50% while wages have risen 23%, making home purchases out of reach for many.

Al Jazeera

With the Fed Rate Cut, Should You Sell Your House Now or Wait?

Interest rates are starting to come down as the Federal Reserve shifts course. Is it time to think about selling your house?

Kiplinger

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Home prices almost never go down

There are only two eras in recent history when home prices declined in America.

Fortune

'Tired trope': most voters open to lower home prices

Australia's housing affordability mess has most voters in favour of lower prices and backing tax reform and other policy interventions to ease pressures.

AAP

Americans Face 'Most Unaffordable Housing Market In History': Case-Shiller

Home prices in the U.S. showed a notable increase in June.

International Business Times

Texas must build hundreds of thousands of homes to lower housing costs, says state comptroller

Texas needs hundreds of thousands more homes than it has, per one estimate. That shortage has driven up home prices and rents.

The Texas Tribune

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The outlook for home prices has zig zagged dramatically again

According to Freddie Mac's latest forecast, home prices will rise 2.1% in 2024 and 0.6% in 2025.

Fortune

Elon Musk And Critics Say Kamala Harris' $25K Payment For First-time Homebuyers Is 'Perfect Formula For Inflation'

Harris' signature housing policy calls for up to $25,000 in federal down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers who have paid their rent on time

International Business Times UK

Hey big spender: home prices soar in Olympics host city

The launch of an eye-watering penthouse development targeting ultra-wealthy buyers is a sign of the times in one of Australia's hottest real estate markets.

AAP

Barbara Corcoran: Buy a home now; don't wait for a Fed rate cut

The self-made millionaire sees home prices rising once mortgage rates fall further.

Fortune

Renter households surged at triple the rate of homeowners

In June, rents were 23% higher than before the pandemic, while mortgage payments were up 90%, according to Redfin.

Fortune

Sunbelt boomtowns are cooling off, but the sun-soaked region will reclaim its hot status

More than 2 million single-family homes have been built in the South since January 2021, more than four times the number completed in the Northeast, according to a Capital Economics economist.

Fortune

Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.73%, lowest level since early February

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell this week to its lowest level since early February, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices

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Gen Z and millennial homeownership rate plummets to 4-year low

But while the younger group saw their homeownership rate fall, some older generations saw theirs rise.

The Guardian - AU

Adelaide home prices could soon surpass Melbourne as Victorian capital slumps

Fall of 4.4% since peak in 2022 bucks broader trend, PropTrack finds, with national real estate prices 6.3% higher than a year ago

Fortune

Housing bust forecaster ‘Poison Ivy’ Zelman warns: Affordability grind isn’t going away anytime soon

While she sees further home-price deceleration and a dip in mortgage rates, Zelman says cost is the biggest risk to the housing market.

Fortune

The ultrarich are scooping up mansions while almost no one else can afford a typical home

Luxury-home prices rose more than twice as fast as those of non-luxury homes, and still their sales jumped compared with typical homes, according to Redfin.

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The Independent UK

US home sales fell in June to slowest pace since December amid rising mortgage rates, home prices

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June for the fourth straight month as elevated mortgage rates and record-high prices kept many would-be homebuyers on the sidelines

Fortune

U.S. real estate is so expensive it's even keeping out wealthy foreign homebuyers

Foreign buyers haven’t purchased so few homes since 2009—15 years ago.

Fortune

Monthly housing payments have almost doubled in swing states since the last election

Swing states “have not been immune to the affordability crunch the country has been facing for the last several years,” Redfin’s senior economist said.

The Independent UK

Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls slightly, easing borrowing costs for home shoppers

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell slightly this week, providing modest relief for home shoppers facing record-high home prices

The Independent UK

The US housing market was a bust this spring. Here’s what that means for summer and fall

The nation’s housing market sales slump is dragging on into its third straight year, as evidenced by another weak spring homebuying season

Fortune

We’re passing through ‘the worst housing affordability crisis’ ever seen, former Housing Secretary says

Home prices rose at levels never seen before, and while the market is cooling down, housing costs are still beyond what people can afford, the Obama-era cabinet member said.

Fortune

This decades-long trend in home prices has been 'flipped on its head' amid a big shift in the housing market

"That shows the consumer adjusting to a smaller home, taking less space and trying to get back into that range of affordability."

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