Mortgage Rates Drop From Recent Highs

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.10% this week.

 

As Market Slows, Opening May Emerge for Buyers

The latest housing surveys could “offer hope” for home sellers and buyers, says realtor.com®’s senior economist.

 

Majority of Americans Are Clueless on Real Estate Terminology

Watch the jargon you use in real estate. A new survey shows consumers fail at home buying financial literacy.

 

Home Prices Surged in March

National home prices grew at an unsustainable pace in March, reaching an all-time high.

 

Why Mortgage Rates Matter For Cash Buyers Of Houses

Mortgage interest rates have increased by over two and a half percentage points from their low in early 2021 to recent quotations.

 

6 Portland Homes that Went for Waaaaay Over Asking Price

Here are the houses that flew off the market in April of 2022.

 

Bigger Isn’t Always Better: What Today’s Buyers Are Looking For in a Home

After the mad dash by homebuyers to purchase larger places to live in at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some experts are making a case for more efficiently designed, smaller homes.

 

U.S. Home Prices Rise at New Record Rate, Case-Shiller Shows

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city price index was up a record 21.2% year over year while the federal government’s price tracker climbed 19% in the same span.

 

‘Highest and Best’ vs. ‘Best and Final’: A Homebuyer’s Guide to Offers and Winning a Bidding War

There are signs that the housing market is easing off the record-high prices it’s seen during the past few years, but bidding wars for homes are far from over.

 

U.S. home prices continued to surge in March; when will the slowdown come?

All 20 cities in the Case Shiller index reported double-digit year-over-year price growth in March. Rising prices are expected to slow the market, but no one knows when.

 

Average long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 5.1%

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for the second week in a row, though interest rates on the key 30-year home loan remain at decade-high levels.

 

Instant Reaction: Case-Shiller Index Shows Single-family Home Prices Up 20.6% in March 2022

The latest Case-Shiller data shows prices continued to heat up over the 3-month period ending in March, even as mortgage rates started to rise.

 

S&P/Case-Shiller OR-Portland Home Price Index

 

S&P/Case-Shiller WA-Seattle Home Price Index