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Mortgage applications decreased 9.7% from two weeks earlier; impairments to non-qualifying mortgage pools rose in November at their fastest pace in the sector’s history; mortgage credit availability fell by 2.6% in December; 37.5% of agents surveyed by CNBC said the housing market was balanced, up from 30% as of the third quarter; and a new […]

The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans decreased to 6.15% for the week ending Dec. 31; annual growth held steady at 1.4% in October; U.S. house prices rose 0.4% in October; mortgage applications decreased 5.0% from one week earlier for the week ending December 19, 2025; and pending home sales in November jumped by […]

New home purchase activity was up 3% on an annual basis in November; mortgage applications decreased 3.8% from one week earlier; U.S. pending home sales fell 5.8% from a year earlier during the four weeks ending December 14, the biggest decline since the start of 2025; refinance applications fell 4% for the week and were […]

Home prices went negative for the first time in two years, down 1.4% in the last three months; mortgage credit availability increased for the fifth consecutive month in November to its highest level since 2022; mortgage applications increased 4.8% from one week earlier; home delistings in October were up 45.5% year to date and up […]

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.19% as of Dec. 4, 2025, a decrease from the previous week’s average of 6.23%; mortgage applications decreased 1.4% from one week earlier; Thanksgiving week saw growing inventory, falling prices and a slower pace of sales; mortgage prepayments surged to a 3.5-year high; and several reports predict a healthier housing […]

Pending home sales increased 1.9% in October from the previous month and fell 0.4% year over year; U.S. house prices rose 2.2% between Q3 2024 and G3 2025; the value of single-family homes rose 1.3% in September compared to a year earlier; mortgage originations fell 2% in Q3 from a year ago; almost 85,000 sellers […]

Mortgage applications decreased 5.2% from one week earlier; sales of previously owned homes in October rose 1.2% from September; mortgage applications for new home purchases decreased 2.6% in October compared from a year ago; 53% of home lost value in the past year; California home sales climbed to their highest level since February; the National […]

Mortgage applications increased 0.6% from one week earlier; total mortgage rate lock volume fell 4% month over month; new foreclosures jumped 20% in October, a sign of more distress in the housing market; the average rate on 30-year fixed home loans rose to 6.24% for the week ending Nov. 13, up from 6.22% the week […]

Mortgage applications decreased 1.9% from one week earlier; Cotality’s Home Price Index showed national year-over-year price growth slowing to just 1.2%, down from 2.7% in September 2024; the median first-time homebuyer age is now at 40, a record high; Only 28 out of every 1,000 U.S. homes changed hands this year – the lowest turnover […]

Mortgage applications increased 7.1% from one week earlier; the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 6.33% following the most-recent Fed cut; homeowner equity levels appear to be stabilizing; 27% of for-sale homes are newly built, the lowest share in four years; mortgage application payments decrease to $2,067 from $2,100 in September; and […]