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Housing is doing something it hasn’t done since the bubble. According to economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan, home prices across the country are rising at the fastest pace since 2004. Plus, he finds price growth is at a record high. “This economy that has been really driven by stuff at home,” the co-founder of the Economic

Mortgage rates fell again, falling to a record low for the 14th time this year, defying their usual correlation to Treasury yields, which have recently been moving higher. And that is sending ever more borrowers to their lenders looking to refinance their home loans. Mortgage applications to refinance rose 2% last week from the previous

Getty Images We’ve officially reached the last month of 2020. For many investors, that may prompt a sigh of relief. But financial advisors say this is a great time to step back and assess which year-end financial moves you need to make now and revisit your money strategy to set yourself up for a prosperous

The hot housing market during the coronavirus pandemic could heat up further if more homes are put up for sale, the CEO of real estate brokerage Redfin told CNBC on Monday. “If we see people get more comfortable letting others into their home, we’re going to see more inventory on the market, and that’s what will

One57 building in the skyline of New York City as seen from the Rockefeller Center Observation Deck. Roberto Machado Noa | LightRocket | Getty Images The seller of a luxury condo apartment on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row took a loss of at least $12 million to offload the property, according to public filings. The 4,500-square-foot condo

For close to a decade, the Honeycutts lived in the brick house with white shudders on Patterson Street in China Grove, North Carolina. Vicki Honeycutt and her husband, James, a disabled Gulf War veteran, loved to sit out on the front porch, drinking Pepsis or sweet tea. Vicki’s favorite space in the three-bedroom house was

Tenants in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City hold a demonstration to call attention to their rent strike during the Covid-19 pandemic Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images Come January, life will get a bit tougher for those already struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. Unless more aid comes from the government, several

A house for sale in Sarasota, Florida Scott Mlyn | CNBC  Thanksgiving week isn’t usually a popular time for homebuying, but most economic numbers this year are incomparable, especially in the pandemic-spiked housing market.  Mortgage applications to purchase a home jumped 9% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally