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Home prices are expected to continue to rise next year: Here's where

Home sales could plunge in 2023. These cities could experience the biggest declines.

Home sellers should brace for a tough year ahead, with a real estate group predicting that property sales could fall in 2023 as more buyers are sidelined by rising mortgage rates and house prices out of reach. The number of homes sold will likely plunge 14.1% to 4.53 million homes, the lowest number of real …

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Home prices are expected to continue to rise next year: Here's where

Home prices are expected to continue to rise next year: Here’s where

Americans looking to buy a home next year can expect less competition, more home choices and the highest average mortgage rates in nearly two decades. Here’s what they can’t expect: a general drop in prices that would relieve buyers of overpriced homes. That’s the main takeaway from Realtor.com’s 2023 real estate forecast released Wednesday. The …

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Mortgage rates fall for the second week in a row |  CNN Business

Mortgage rates fall for the second week in a row | CNN Business

Mortgage rates fell again this week, after plunging nearly half a percentage point last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.58% in the week ending Nov. 23, down from 6.61% the previous week, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3.10%. Mortgage rates have risen for most of 2022, boosted …

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Mortgage rates fall for the second week in a row |  CNN Business

Mortgage rates fall for the second week in a row | CNN Business

Mortgage rates fell again this week, after plunging nearly half a percentage point last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.58% in the week ending Nov. 23, down from 6.61% the previous week, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3.10%. Mortgage rates have risen for most of 2022, boosted …

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Home sales in the United States fall for the 9th consecutive month in October |  CNN Business

Home sales in the United States fall for the 9th consecutive month in October | CNN Business

U.S. home sales fell for the ninth straight month in October as soaring mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market. Sales of existing homes — which include single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops — were down 28.4% in October from a year ago and 5.9% from September , according to a …

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Home sales in the United States fall for the 9th consecutive month in October |  CNN Business

Home sales in the United States fall for the 9th consecutive month in October | CNN Business

U.S. home sales fell for the ninth straight month in October as soaring mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market. Sales of existing homes — which include single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops — were down 28.4% in October from a year ago and 5.9% from September , according to a …

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Mortgage rates plunge, biggest weekly drop since 1981 |  CNN Business

Mortgage rates plunge, biggest weekly drop since 1981 | CNN Business

Editor’s note: Freddie Mac, which has tracked weekly average mortgage rates since 1971 and has periodically made changes to its primary mortgage market survey, changed the source of its data effective November 17, 2022. Instead of surveying lenders, weekly results will be based on applications received from lenders that are submitted to Freddie Mac. Learn …

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