Mortgage rates have hit the 5% threshold, the highest seen since 2011. According to Realtor Magazine, “since the beginning of the year, mortgage rates have jumped by 1.8 percentage points…
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Mortgage rates are rising at levels not seen since 2018
Mortgage rates are rising, and are at levels not seen since 2018. According to Jo Constantz of Bloomberg, the 30-year average mortgage rate hit 4.67% last week, up from 4.42%.…
Housing prices continue their record growth in 2022
Housing prices continue their upward trajectory with Redfin reporting last week on four important trends worth highlighting: Housing prices are up 17% year-over-year There was a 7% drop in new…
Mortgage rates are rising, what investors should do
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates, with The Wall Street Journal reporting last week that a quarter-point increase was announced, with another 6 planned in the coming year alone.…
Are we witnessing housing stagflation?
With the increase in housing prices, homeowners have enjoyed significant equity gains according to a new report from Molly Boesel at CoreLogic. Equity in mortgaged housing jumped $3.2 trillion in…
Demand returns to urban markets in 2022
Despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, interest rates are set to rise in the coming months according to NPR. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is noted as saying that interest…
Impact of Ukraine invasion on housing
Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and those with family and friends impacted. by the invasion. Nick Pipitone of Propmodo opens up this week’s newsletter discussing the Russian…
Real estate investments hit record high [2022 update]
Redfin reported last week that real estate investors are buying up record shares of U.S. homes. Specifically, investors purchased 18.4% of all for-sale homes in Q4 2021. This is a…
Are short-term rentals part of your long game? They should be…
Roofstock recently launched a short-term rental marketplace for properties that are typically used as vacation or seasonal rentals. These property listings include data from similar short-term rentals in the area,…








