David Koch, the former host of Sunrise who is now Compare the Market's economic director, has issued a warning to mortgage holders tempted by the prospect of a lower home loan rate.
The Bank of Canada's interest rate decision on Wednesday didn’t bring cuts, but it did bring new insight into where the central bank thinks interest rates may be headed. The bank kept its overnight interest rate steady at five per cent, but it raised something else: its nominal neutral interest rate. The neutral rate is the rate at which the central bank’s monetary policy is neither stimulating nor holding back the economy. It's essentially the "Goldilocks" interest rate, explained...
The New York Times did a classic the economy is awful story by highlighting the fact that 1.3 million homeowners might not be moving because of the large gap between current mortgage rates and the rate they would have to pay on a new mortgage. While this is clearly a problem, the flip side is More
“It seems increasingly likely that mortgage rates are not going to come down anytime soon,” Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant said.
LOS ANGELES >> Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuqeurque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority is looking to raise water utility rates this summer. The last time water and sewer rates increase was in 2022. The proposal says the combined water and sewer bill for a typical single-family house using 5,000 gallons of water should go up a little more than []
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Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Lower rates give home shoppers more financial breathing room, so holding out for a more attractive rate can make a big difference, especially for first-time homebuyers who often struggle […]
By ALEX VEIGA (AP Business Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Lower rates give home shoppers more financial breathing room, so holding out for a more attractive rate can make […]
All signs point to a hold on the official cash rate at 5.5 per cent when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meets for the second time this year. The nine members of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research’s shadow board are all tipping no change to the rate as are economists at Kiwi […]
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage crossed over 7% on April 1, according to Mortgage News Daily, and it just kept going. It now sits right around 7.5%, the highest level since mid-November of last year. Rates hit their highest level in a few decades last October, causing home sales to grind to a halt. Builders jumped to buy down rates for their customers and managed to do better than existing home sellers. Rates then fell through mid-January to the mid-6% range and held there...
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage sits around 7.5%, the highest level since mid-November of last year, according to Mortgage News Daily.