Mortgage demand falls 9% despite rates falling for fourth week in a row
The numbers: The housing market is not out of the woods yet, as mortgage demand fell again despite an improvement in rates. Despite mortgage rates dropping for the fourth consecutive week, mortgage demand fell 9% in the latest week. Demand for both purchases and refinancing fell. That pushed the market composite index down, a measure […]
My husband and I rent our second home to our son and his wife. Now we want him to own this house, but keep our 2.5% mortgage rate. How can we do that?
My husband and I bought a second home two years ago, for $160,000, with a 30-year mortgage at 2.5%. We bought it with the sole purpose of renting it out to our son and his new wife. They were recent college graduates, and just starting their careers. They’ve made this house their home. And it’s […]
‘Concessions have made a comeback’: In a cooling housing market, sellers pull out all the stops to lure buyers
Some home sellers are finally accepting the writing on the wall, and offering concessions to home buyers as demand remains weak in the housing market. According to a new report from Redfin RDFN, +4.39%, approximately 42% of homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2022 came with concessions. In contrast, over the same period in […]