Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U.S. housing market benefited in 2019 from mortgage and unemployment rates that were each below 4%, the first time that happened in the post-World
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe CoreLogic Home Price Index has reported a strong rebound in prices from the trough that occurred in March 2011. As of this past July,
Reading Time: 2 minutesSound underwriting standards, coupled with family-income and home-price growth, have helped reduce mortgage delinquency rates. The serious-delinquency rate for home mortgages as of March 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesInterest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are forecast to rise gradually in 2019, nudging rates up to an average of about 5.2 percent by year-end
Reading Time: 3 minutesHome-improvement spending has increased steadily over the last nine years. By the fourth quarter of 2018, spending had reached a new inflation-adjusted high. And the
