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5/2/2024 >> 7.22%
5/4/2023 >> 6.39%
5/5/2022 >> 5.27%
5/6/2021 >> 2.96%
5/7/2020 >> 3.26% ...
5/7/2015 >> 3.80%

30-year climbs for 5th week in a row

Here's how that stacks up to a year ago, and further out

5/2/20247.22%
5/4/20236.39%
5/5/20225.27%
5/6/20212.96%
5/7/20203.26%

...

5/7/20153.80%

(Freddie Mac)

marketwatch.com/story/mortgage…

least annual income req to buy a house

Pittsburgh - $67k
median home price - $250k

most annual income req to buy a house

San Jose - $361k
median home price - $1.47m

(realtor.com)

marketwatch.com/story/10-place…

👀 tidbit here: The govt found that 1 Art Institutes campus included Serena Williams' salary in its calculations for the average salary advertised to students, which allowed the school to skew the numbers (Williams attended the school in the early 2000s) x.com/MarketWatch/st…

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more people buying homes turn to adjustable rate mortgages which still offer mid-6% rates

marketwatch.com/story/adjustab…

OK so I was not hallucinating ... the NAR membership monthly count is gone, right?

New from me: A $100,000 salary no longer buys a middle-class lifestyle, even if it's middle-income. Basic needs for a family of 4 alone cost $100k in the US. Here’s why it costs so much more to have a middle-class standard of living now via MarketWatch marketwatch.com/story/a-100-00…

ok realtors/lenders/brokers/real-estate world

what's on ur mind? what do you think we reporters shld be writing abt? what's worrying u?

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i write a weekly advice column. this week i saw something on reddit that we had to address

Mike Murphy suggested the horror and real-estate crossover become a regular theme, so if you've got questions abt haunted houses or unsolved murder houses, reach out

marketwatch.com/story/its-the-…

'It's the scene of an unsolved murder': We put in an offer on a secluded cabin with 40 acres, but someone was killed there. Should we bail?

I cannot WAIT to read how columnist Aarthi Swaminathan answers this one. marketwatch.com/story/its-the-…

lease is ending soon. shld we get a tesla???

Venessa Wong says it's pretty cheap now to buy one

marketwatch.com/story/teslas-a…

Housing starts in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.321 million, below consensus expectations of 1.485 million. This is 14.7% below the revised February estimate of 1.549 million and is 4.3 percent below the March 2023 rate of 1.380 million. The decline starts…

mortgage rates jumped after the hot cpi report

what will help housing become more affordable? (open q)

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Factoring in the rising cost of homeowners insurance could have made US inflation even higher last year, according to a new analysis trib.al/VGdUMeR

any mortgage experts familiar with loan modifications? really need help w/ a pretty unique case, pls reach out [email protected]

so why did nyc, nj and beyond experience an earthquake just now?!

looking to talk to home buyers who have previously - and recently - bought w/o a buyer's agent

specifically either people who bought for themselves, or investors. how you did it + advice for others

first/last name needed for story

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