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Mortgage Rates Relax as Freddie Mac Reports Softening Trend

Freddie Mac reports a delightful dip in mortgage rates, offering a sweet spot for homebuyers and stimulating the housing market. Time to seize the dream home!

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Stock Index Futures Tick Higher on Fed Rate Cut Hopes, U.S. Housing Data in Focus

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are up +0.18%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are up +0.11% this morning as optimism about interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve next year continued to underpin sentiment, with investors bracing for the release of fresh data on the U.S.…

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Stock Index Futures Tick Higher Ahead of U.S. Housing Data

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are up +0.06%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH24) are up +0.02% this morning as market participants geared up for the release of fresh data on the U.S. housing market.

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Housing Market In 2024: Another Boom Or Another Bust?

Lower interest rates ease the cost of financing home purchases. As a result, it could help revitalize the market for existing homes, as homeowners will be looking for opportunities to move to bigger or smaller homes, depending on their family needs.

International Business Times

Dollar Posts Modest Gains on Higher T-Note Yields

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday rose by +0.04% and posted modest gains. The as-expected increase in the U.S. Dec NAHB housing market index report Monday and higher T-note yields were supportive factors for the dollar. Gains in the dollar on Monday were muted as stocks rallied, which curbed...

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The Californication of the country’s housing market

Record homelessness, sky-high rents, and homes affordable only to millionaires: A case study in how local control and a shifting national economy created today’s perverse housing market.

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The frozen U.S. housing market is finally starting to thaw as mortgage rates drop below 7% and more homes change hands

Declining mortgage rates are “breathing new life” into housing market, Redfin says.

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What does Bank of England interest rates decision mean for my mortgage and savings?

‘Green shoots’ already appearing in housing market, expert suggests as market eyes rate cuts next year

The Independent UK

UK Housing Market Stabilises Amidst High Rates: RICS

Explore the battle of scales as the UK housing market finds calm waters amid stormy high rates. Sail into the RICS report illuminating this financial seesaw!

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UK Housing Market Sees December Dip as Average Asking Prices Drop by £7,000

There is a shift in the dynamics of the property landscape as the new seller's average asking prices are 1.1 per cent lower.

International Business Times UK

Pick up in activity in central London's prime housing market, figures suggest

Prime central London has become the latest part of the housing market to show signs that industry pains are easing, after a tumultuous period since the fallout from the 2022 mini-Budget.

Evening Standard

Liberals need to reconsider negative gearing and housing policies, outgoing Victorian MP Matt Bach says

Former frontbencher says the Coalition has an opportunity to win over Millennials and Gen Z voters struggling to enter the housing market

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Home prices will fall for the first time since 2012, Redfin’s chief economist predicts, but they'll still be ‘out of reach’ for many buyers

Redfin expects home prices to fall 1% in the second and third quarters of next year and be flat in the first and last quarters, per its 2024 housing market forecast.

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Older millennials are ‘feeling the hit’ in this housing market, BofA finds—and a lot of it has to do with student debt

The housing market is uneven, according to the Bank of America Institute, and millennials 35 and older “face a bigger financial burden.”

The Guardian - UK

UK economy shows signs of steadying amid pause in interest rate rises

Modest fall in mortgage costs and rising manufacturer confidence fuel hopes that pressure is easing on consumers and companies

The Independent UK

UK house prices inch higher but ‘rapid rebound’ in property market unlikely

House prices inched up by 0.2% last month, compared with October, Nationwide revealed in its monthly House Price Index.

The Guardian - UK

UK house prices rise for third month; factory downturn eases – as it happened

Nationwide reports house prices only fell 2% in year to November, and rose during the month, as mortgage rates fall

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Housing affordability is the worst it’s been in decades. It will improve in 2024, but by only a ‘small step,’ Realtor.com chief economist says

Mortgage rates are expected to drop modestly to 6.8% in 2024.

The Independent UK

The average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.22%, sliding to lowest level since late September

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fifth week in a row, more good news for prospective homebuyers grappling with an increasingly unaffordable housing market

AAP

Home prices break through ceiling but growth eases

The housing market downturn of last year has been completely unwound, but the pace of growth is slowing.

The Conversation

Leasehold reform: why UK government's plans could make housing less affordable and less fair

The UK government is introducing plans to reform the system of leasehold property in England and Wales to parliament. The leasehold and freehold reform bill aims to empower leaseholders and achieve greater fairness in the housing market.

Evening Standard

London's hottest postcodes: the areas where buyer demand keeps rising despite the downturn

Home sales are falling across London but some micro-markets are bucking the trend. We take the temperature of the top 10 hottest spots

Fortune

Housing market analyst ‘Poison Ivy’ Zelman, who called the 2008 bust that led to the Great Financial Crisis, sees ‘extremely depressed levels’ of existing home sales for years

Existing home sales dropped 14.6% in October on a year-over-year basis—a new 13-year low.

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The housing market is crazy expensive, but 'an improvement in affordability that we have only seen a handful of times over the past ~35 years’ is coming, says Morgan Stanley

“The evolution of the U.S. housing market has been Herculean or devastating depending on where you look,” the strategists wrote in their forecast.

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