Mortgage rates are sinking, but don't try to time the housing market by waiting for them to fall further, BofA exec says

Tech Insider
Mortgage Rates
In this March 15, 2021 file photo, a sold sign stands in front of new home under construction in Houston. Mortgage rates remained near historic lows this week, Thursday, June 10.

AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File

Democrats want to kick hedge funds out of the the housing market to improve affordability

Tech Insider
New York Stock Exchange, Wall St, New York, USA.
New York Stock Exchange, Wall St, New York, USA.

Getty Images

Baby boomers are winning the housing market again with all-cash purchases

Tech Insider : Economy
Couple in front of a house.
Boomers got wealthy off of real estate.

ADRIAN MYERS/Getty Images

Housing keeps getting less affordable – and the math only improved in one major city this year, says Redfin

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A real estate agent holding a house key
Redfin expects mortgage rates to dip next year.

Getty Images

The steepest mortgage-rate plunge since 2008 is boosting homebuilder stocks to fresh highs

Tech Insider
A builder works on a home roof

Jenn Austin-Driver/Getty Images

The hottest housing markets of 2024

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Toledo, Ohio.
Toledo, Ohio.

Sean Pavone/Getty Images

3 years ago, this swanky San Francisco house sold for $20 million. It just changed hands again — for half the price.

Tech Insider
A winding uphill street.
Lombard Street in San Francisco.

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Pending home sales drop to a record low, exceeding the decline seen during the 2008 housing collapse

Tech Insider : Economy
Home sales

(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

The hidden expense that's sucking $74 billion out of the economy

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a house shaped cage releasing dollar bills.
Rising home and car insurance costs could cause many Americans' budgets to crack — and hamstring the driving force behind the US economy.

Kiersten Essenpreis for Business Insider

Average homebuyers are beating out Wall Street landlords

Tech Insider : Economy
A homebuyer pulls the welcome mat from under a wall street investor.
Deep-pocketed investors bought lots of homes during the pandemic, drawing the ire of regular homebuyers and lawmakers. But the panic over corporate vultures obscures the real problems in the housing market.

Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

Subscribe to housing-market