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- Mortgage rates hit highest level since July, crushing application demandTotal mortgage application volume dropped 3.7% compared with the previous week.
- Cracks appear in UK housing market as home prices fall for first time in 9 monthsU.K. house prices fell for the first time in nine months in December, as the Budget and higher mortgage rates dampened a recent flurry of homebuyer activity.
- Europe's real estate recovery looks set to pick up steam in 2025Europe's real estate sector looks poised for further recovery in 2025, as investment activity picks up and growth returns across key market segments.
- Mortgage demand dives nearly 22% to end 2024Rising mortgage interest rates collided with the slowest month of the year for sales.
- Home Depot is Jim Cramer's favorite housing-related stock for 2025 — here's whyHome Depot is gearing up for a comeback in 2025, with early signs of recovery already evident.
- The housing market is heading into 2025 with a worrying supply trendMore than half of homes for sale in November had sat on the market for at least 60 days without going under a contract of sale.
- The Fed cut interest rates but mortgage costs jumped. Here's whyThe average 30-year fixed mortgage rate spiked after the Federal Reserve cut rates. Experts say expectations for rate cuts in 2025 fueled the jump.
- How the Federal Reserve's rate policy affects mortgagesQuantitative tightening at the Federal Reserve may keep upward pressure on 30-year fixed mortgage rates for the foreseeable future.
- November home sales surged more than expected, boosted by lower mortgage ratesSales of previously owned homes rose 4.8% in November compared with October, according to the National Association of Realtors
- We're buying the recent dips on 2 stocks in the most oversold market in over a yearThese purchases are being made out of discipline to the S&P 500 Short Range Oscillator.
- The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by another quarter point. Here's what that means for youThe central bank has now shaved a full percentage off its benchmark rate since September. Here's what it means for your borrowing costs.
- American homeowners are wasting more space than ever beforeThe number of extra bedrooms — defined as a bedroom in excess of the number of people in a home, and even including one for an office — has reached a new high.
- These are the top 10 'housing hot spots' for 2025 — none are in FloridaIt's too soon to tell if 2025 will be a housing market favoring buyers or sellers. But some areas could offer affordable conditions, according to experts.
- Mortgage demand drops for the first time in 5 weeks, after interest rates riseTotal application volume fell 0.7% compared with the previous week, according to the MBA's seasonally adjusted index. That was the first decline in five weeks.
- After taking morning profits, we're afternoon buyers of 2 stocks in an oversold marketThis is our second trade alert of the day.