Category: US Real Estate

Mortgage Demand Up as Rates Fall for 5th Consecutive Week

Mortgage demand is recovering as rates continued to fall last week for the fifth consecutive time. The news caused current homeowners and potential homebuyers to immediately react to the changes. The total mortgage application volume, including refinances and loans to purchase a home, jumped 7.4 percent for the week ending Feb. 3, according to the…


Single Women Own More Homes Than Single Men in Most US States

Single women now own more homes than single men in most U.S. states for the first time in the nation’s history, according to a recent study. In an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from 2021, LendingTree released a report that found that single women who lived by themselves were outpacing single men in homeownership in 48 out…


Mortgage Demand Crashes, America’s 3rd Biggest Homebuilder Posts 41 Percent Drop in New Home Orders

Mortgage demand crashed last week, despite a decline in interest rate hikes and a stronger start to the year in January. Total mortgage application volume tumbled 9 percent for the week ending Jan. 27, compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index on Feb. 1. “Mortgage rates declined for the…


Tennessee Population Grows as Residents Flee More Liberal States

Peace and quiet are major factors why people are moving from more crowded states like New York and California for smaller-yet-growing states like Tennessee, but other reasons have accelerated peoples’ move to the area. In interviews with The Epoch Times, three individuals who moved to small towns in the Southeast region of Tennessee over the…


Housing Market Shows Signs of Life as Pending Home Sales Rise for First Time in 14 Months

The U.S. housing market showed a sign of early recovery, as pending home sales of rose for the first time in 14 months. Pending home sales rose 2.9 percent in December, the first month-over-month increase since October 2021, according to data from Redfin on Jan. 25. The decline in pending sales also eased for the…


Los Angeles County Extends COVID Eviction Ban Again, Following City of LA

Following in the footsteps of the Los Angeles City Council earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to extend the COVID-19 era emergency protections for renters—this time for for another two months. The protections were set to expire on Jan. 31. Under the emergency order, tenants eligible for such protection…


Twenty-Five Percent of Homebuyers Looking to Shift to New Metro Areas Due to High Cost of Housing: Report

Roughly a quarter of Redfin homebuyers looked to move to a different metropolitan area in the fourth quarter of 2022 owing to home affordability issues, with places like Sacramento, Las Vegas, and Phoenix topping the list of destinations. In fourth quarter 2022, 24.6 percent of Refin users wanted to shift to a new metro area,…


Using Home Equity Credit? What Not to Do

A home equity line of credit (HELOC) uses your home’s equity to finance a variable interest-rate loan. You wouldn’t have the money upfront like you would a conventional loan. Instead, you draw against your line of credit. With a HELOC, your home is your collateral. There are times a HELOC is a worthwhile mechanism. But…


Will More Chinese Buyers Flood US Real Estate Market as China’s Borders Reopen?

The first time since the beginning of the pandemic, China’s borders have recently reopened, allowing tourists and potential international homebuyers to travel freely throughout the globe. And according to Juwai IQI, one of the largest global real estate platforms with almost 13 million monthly consumer engagements, the United States is the second most popular home-buying…


Chinese Buyers Might Flood US Real Estate Market as China’s Borders Reopen

China’s borders have recently reopened for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, allowing the world’s largest source of tourists and potential international homebuyers to travel freely around the globe. The United States is the second-most popular home-buying destination for Chinese buyers, according to Juwai IQI, one of the largest global real estate platforms…