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Pending home sales in the US hit historic low in January  WUSA9.com

Mortgage rates have officially fallen to the lowest level seen in over two months, but remain hovering not too far below 7%. The average 30-year mortgage rate decreased from 6.85% last week to 6.76% this week, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac.  “The drop in mortgage rates, combined with…

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Pending Home Sales  National Association of REALTORS®

The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which tracks home sales based on contract signings, dropped 4.6 percent to 70.6 in January, marking an all-time low, while pending transactions fell 5.2 percent year over year.

Since 2020, U.S. home values have risen by 45.3 percent. In other words, more than 10 years of typical home value growth has been packed into a five-year period, a new report from Zillow shows.

Pending US home sales slide to all-time low in January on rates, prices, maybe weather  ABC News

Prospective homebuyers and sellers remain cold, wary and economically pressured this winter, as the latest data from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) showed a not-insignificant 4.6% drop in pending transactions in January, with economists continuing to point at affordability as the biggest long-term barrier to more activity. Pending sales were also down 5.2% from…

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Commercial landlord Landsec pivots to residential property  Financial Times

Derwent sees strong demand for office space in "pretty busy" central London  Yahoo Finance UK