Consumer home buying interest highest since May
Redfin's seasonally-adjusted demand measure was still down by 24% on a year-over-year basis, but it's outpacing dwindling supply, which is slowing sales.
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Redfin's seasonally-adjusted demand measure was still down by 24% on a year-over-year basis, but it's outpacing dwindling supply, which is slowing sales.
The pace of supply coming to market continued its late 2022 slowdown in the first two months of the new year, but greater opportunities may lie in sales of newly constructed properties.
Economists revealed to Intel how mortgage rates and inflation will bring the spring homebuying market back toward historical norms.
The increase reflects the rise in the 10-year Treasury yield, which is back above 4% for the first time since that month.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.50% for the week ending Feb. 23, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey.