Existing home sales fall in December at slowest pace since 2010

Existing home sales fall in December at slowest pace since 2010

Homes in Rocklin, California, U.S., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. A record number of homes are being delisted as sellers face a sharp drop in demand, according to real estate broker Redfin. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Used home sales fell 1.5% in December from the previous month, according to the National Association … Read more

January homebuilder sentiment rises for first time in a year

January homebuilder sentiment rises for first time in a year

Homes under construction in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., Tuesday, February 22, 2022. New home sales in the U.S. fell in January after a surge in purchases at the end of 2021, indicating that a rate hike mortgages could start to dampen demand . Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images Builder sentiment in the single-family home … Read more

Demand for mortgages surges as interest rates fall to lowest in months

Demand for mortgages surges as interest rates fall to lowest in months

The Good Brigade | Digital vision | Getty Images Consumers have returned from the holiday season to find mortgage rates at their lowest level since September, and they are reacting dramatically. The volume of mortgage applications jumped nearly 28% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The … Read more

Miami condo king Jorge Perez bets big on Fisher Island

Miami condo king Jorge Perez bets big on Fisher Island

Just off Miami Beach, on the very exclusive Fisher Island, there is a crane at a construction site. It’s the last plot of land available for development and an unlikely gamble on luxury real estate at a time when the housing market appears to be in freefall. Jorge Perez, also known as “the king of … Read more