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Refinancing and Homebuying Applications Spike Compared to Last Year
Applications to refinance rose 16% for the week and were 28% higher than the same week one year ago. Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home rose 10% for the week and were 20% higher than the same week a year ago. (CNBC) 6/13/2025
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Apartment Rents to Climb, Says Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht
Renters take note: Barry Sternlicht (Starwood Capital Group) pointed out that most of his fund’s properties are apartment buildings that will soon be able to boost rents because new supply is dwindling. (WSJ) 6/11/2025
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Building Tomorrow: Solar Panels and Heat Pumps Set to Become UK Standard
In the UK, the “future homes standard” will require all newly built homes to have solar panels and low-carbon heating — such as heat pumps — as well as high levels of energy efficiency in an effort to bring down housing costs which includes utility expenses. (FT) 6/6/2025
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Mortgage Rates Dip Slightly, but Home Purchase Applications Still Slide
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances decreased to 6.92% from 6.98% Last year at this time, rates were 15 basis points higher….Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home fell 4% for the week but were 18% higher than the same week one year ago. (CNBC) 6/5/2025
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Smaller Homes, Bigger Costs: How Rising Rates Are Redefining the American Dream
Housing Shrinkflation? We witnessed manufacturers reducing quantities to keep prices down during the inflation surges, but now…. Mortgage rates have climbed to 6.86%, their highest level in 3 months after holding between 6% and 7% for most of the past year. This has prompted potential buyers to scale down the size of their ideal home
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Home Insurance Rates Are Soaring — and Not Where You’d Expect
And you thought home insurance rates were only rising in Florida and California…. The top five biggest increases in 2024 were in: (COMPASS) 04/30/2025
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From $30K to $1M: Real Estate’s Leverage Advantage
Not only does real estate act as a form of forced savings, but it also offers tremendous leverage. You can buy a $1 million property with a $200,000 down payment if you put 20% down. If you have a good credit score and a low debt-to-income ratio, you might even get away with a 3%
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February Home Sales Surge, Prices Jump 4.7% Nationwide
Home sales ticked up nationwide in February. And overall, prices keep climbing. A measure of prices across 20 cities rose 4.7% from a year earlier in January. New York had the highest annual gain, at 7.7%. Prices in Tampa fell 1.5%. (WSJ) 3/28/2025
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EB-5 Visa Program Set to Be Replaced by $5 Million GOLD Visa: What It Means for Real Estate and Demand
The EB-5 Visa program – that looks like it will be replaced with a GOLD VISA program in 2027 costing 5X as much is not a huge moneymaker – contributes about $5 billion to the $28 trillion U.S. economy. This is often a source of cheaper financing for real estate: 94% of these visas are
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Equity Boosts Homeowners in the Market, While First-Time Buyers Deal with Affordability Issues
Homeowners who sell are often able to plow substantial amounts of equity into their next purchase, dulling the sting of trading a low mortgage rate for a higher one. It would be harder for first-time buyers. But incomes are growing, a positive sign for affordability, particularly in Sunbelt markets where prices are softening and builders