Tag: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (Freddie Mac)

U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year

Mortgage rates rose above 7 percent for the first time this year, crossing a symbolically concerning threshold that threatens to keep millions of potential home buyers and sellers on the sidelines of a U.S. housing market that is increasingly showing signs of slowing. The average rate on 30-year mortgages, the most popular home loan in […]

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Inflation Comes for the Housing Market

Housing gloom The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt. Home prices and mortgage rates are climbing again, dashing hopes that financing costs would fall this year and adding another economic question that could hang over the presidential election campaign. More economists are paring their bets that the Fed will […]

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