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Buying or Selling a Home? Welcome to the Year of DisappointmentAfter a tumultuous few years, many hoped that the housing market would improve this spring. No such luck — for buyers or sellers.

The housing market correction, as told by 4 chartsOverheated housing markets are seeing sharp home price corrections. Other markets, not so much.

99% of borrowers have a mortgage rate lower than 6%'I can’t afford to sell because I don’t want to lose that rate': 3% mortgage rates will loom large over the U.S. housing market for years to come

Home price gains weakened sharply to end 2022, according to S&P Case-ShillerHigher mortgage rates weighed on home price gains in December.

Investors are buying half as many homesNot since the 2008 housing crisis have investors backed off buying homes like this, according to Redfin’s new report.

Goldman Sachs makes a bold housing market callU.S. home prices might be nearing the bottom, says Goldman Sachs.

How home prices are expected to shift in over 300 housing markets, according to updated forecasts from Zillow and Moody'sEconomists are divided as to whether the housing correction is simply a minor setback for home price growth or the early innings of a sharper correction.

The free-fall in housing market activity just concluded, says Capital EconomicsU.S. home prices will continue to fall in 2023 even as home sales bottom out, says Capital Economics.

The Fed’s ongoing housing market ‘reset’ sees buyer cancellation rate at one of the nation’s largest homebuilders spike to 68%KB Home announced that its buyer cancellation rate in the fourth quarter of 2022 spiked to 68%.

NAR Forecasts 4.78 Million Existing-Home Sales, Stable Prices in 2023NAR’s Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun, unveiled the association’s forecast for 2023 during NAR’s fourth annual year-end Real Estate Forecast Summit.

US Housing Enters Deep Freeze With Sellers and Buyers SidelinedAgents struggle to find listings as deals decline, mortgage rates remain high and signs point to leaner times ahead.

Mortgage Lenders Vie to Be ‘Last Man Standing’ as Rates Soar

US Mortgage Rates Rise to 7.14%, Near Highest Level Since 2001US mortgage rates resumed an upward trend last week toward a two-decade high, pointing to further weakness in housing demand.

The Housing Market Is Worse Than You ThinkBuyers, sellers and renters are in for more twists and turns, as soaring mortgage rates and stubborn inflation signal belt tightening ahead.

Homebuilders say they're on the edge of a steeper downturn as buyers pull backHomebuilders say 2023 is going to bring an even sharper downturn in the market, as high interest rates scare away buyers.

Mortgage demand drops to a 25-year low, as interest rates climbDemand for mortgages to buy a home and to refinance fell again, as interest rates kept rising.

When Will House Prices Go Down? These Economists See a ‘Prolonged Slowdown.’Most economists are forecasting home-price appreciation to slow, with others predicting deeper price drops.

Bloomberg "Odd Lots" Podcast, 10.10.22 (below)

Home Builders Offer to Sell Homes in Bulk at Discount to InvestorsAs mortgage rates hit a 15-year high and individual buyers back away, builders look to unload both planned and completed homes.

Homebuilder sentiment fell three points in September, the lowest level since May 2014CNBC's Diana Olick reports on September's homebuilder sentiment data amid an expensive real estate market.

Fear of Layoffs Is Changing How People Buy HomesAn employment contingency can protect buyers in the event of job losses.

Mortgage demand from homebuyers drops to a 28-year lowMortgage demand dropped for the third straight week as interest rates moved higher again.

U.S. home sales post 12th straight monthly decline; house price inflation coolsU.S. existing home sales dropped to a more than 12-year low in January, but the pace of decline slowed.

Homebuilder sentiment in February improved by the biggest amount in a decadeAmerica's homebuilders are becoming more bullish about the housing market.

National home prices have further to fall, say 24 leading housing market researchers—while 5 firms think prices have bottomedFortune tracked down the latest home price forecasts from 29 of the nation's leading housing researchers.

Is the housing market recession nearing a trough? Experts detect a little rise in activityThe seasonally adjusted Mortgage Purchase Application Index just rose 24.7%.

Miami to escape the home price correction in 2023 while 'overheated' housing markets like Austin get hammered, says Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs once again cuts its home price outlook. Here are the regional numbers.

Airbnb Runs Rampant Across America | SoFiAirbnb rentals are becoming so common that it’s starting to upset the natural housing market equilibrium in several US cities.

Fed's housing market 'reset' has officially set off the second-biggest home price correction of the post-WWII eraAccording to the latest Case-Shiller reading, U.S. home prices fell another 0.8% in September.

Investor Home Purchases Drop 30% as Rising Rates, High Prices Cool Housing MarketBuying activity by companies fell in line with the decline in overall home sales amid higher borrowing costs.

The Pandemic Housing Bubble is bursting, says KPMG"Once you start the process of prices falling nationally, there is a self-fulfilling momentum to it because no one wants to catch a falling knife" says Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG.

The Fed's housing market 'reset' isn't letting up anytime soon—5 things to know heading into 2023Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledges that more pain awaits the U.S. housing market.

U.S. Housing Inventory Hits a Two-Year High as Demand Cools

We'll continue to see double-digit declines in home sales, says KPMG's SwonkDiane Swonk, KPMG chief economist, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss whether the U.S. is currently in a housing recession, if the housing sector is a leading indicator for the rest of the economy and more.

Existing home sales fall to a 10-year low in September, as mortgage rates soarSales of previously owned homes fell 1.5% in September from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.71 million units.

Mall Giant Simon Buying 50% of Real Estate Investor JamestownFirm known for projects such as Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco and Brooklyn’s Industry City manages more than $13 billion of assets.

Here’s How Weird Things Are Getting in the Housing MarketWe’re hitting milestone after milestone in the US.

30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumps over 7 percentCNBC's Diana Olick joins 'The Exchange' to report on 30-year fixed mortgage rates jumping over 7 percent.

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