Weekly Mortgage Rates Are Up, but Prices Are the Real Villain

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The cost of buying a home has hit an all-time high

The median home ... some time. Shelter costs are one of the indexes driving stubbornly sticky inflation, accounting for more than 60 percent of annual “core” inflation, according to the latest ... Read More

Mortgage Rates Shoot Up on Inflation News

Rates on 30-year mortgages jumped up almost two-tenths of a point, to nearly a 4-week high. Every new purchase and refi loan average climbed, many by large margins. Read More

Economy

Outsized declines in food and gasoline prices helped push consumer inflation in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area below the U.S. annual rate for the first time since November 2022, according to a ... Read More

More Homes Went Up For Sale In March, But Found Fewer Buyers

For-sale listings got a boost in March but found fewer buyers as high mortgage rates kept their chokehold on the housing market. Read More

With inflation up again, Trump says U.S. was better off 4 years ago. Well, except for that pandemic.

Inviting the comparison, some have commented, lacks self-insight by Trump. Among those is Biden, who reminding about Trump's theorizing at the time about the use of disinfectants and sunlight to ... Read More

Home prices doubled in under 7 years in Jersey City

Stunned by skyrocketing home prices? You’re not alone. In 68 of the largest U.S. cities the average price has more than doubled in less than 10 years, a recent study by Point2Homes found. Sluggish ... Read More

Denver inflation drops to 2.8%, opposite the national trend of rising prices

The Denver region typically has higher inflation than the rest of the nation. Prices still rose, but lower gasoline costs in March are credited for the slowdown. Read More

German home building permits tumble 18% in February, extending rout

Building permits for apartments in Germany fell 18.3% in February from a year earlier, government data on Thursday showed, underscoring a continued downturn in demand in the construction and real ... Read More

Asking prices for UK homes near record high; Thames Water lifts spending plan to £19.8bn – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ... Read More

WRAPUP 4-US economy slows in first quarter; inflation flares up

The U.S. economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly two years in the first quarter amid some moderation in consumer spending and a wider trade deficit, but an acceleration in inflation reinforced ... Read More

Weekly Indicators: Industrial Commodity Prices Spike To 12-Month High

Discover the latest financial trends: long leading indicators hold steady, while short leading indicators show some improvement. Click for the full look ahead. Read More