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...In the US, according to numbers from the Federal Trade Commission, there were nearly 26,000 reported cases of abuse of advance-fee loans last year, costing victims nearly $75mn....
...Would-be homebuyers who have been dreaming of Federal Reserve rate cuts might need to dial down their hopes....
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...Should the deal be approved by a federal court, the politically influential association would pay $418mn in damages to home sellers and agree to changes to its rules that are likely to slash the commission...
...Finally, do read this revelatory piece by Uri Berliner, a senior journalist at National Public Radio, on how that institution has lost the American public’s trust....
...Mortgage rates for people coming off fixed deals are already falling, they added....
...National General implemented rate increases at 10% in 2022 and an additional 12.8% in 2023....
...US inflationary pressures are expected to have eased slightly in February, a development that would be welcomed by the Federal Reserve as it evaluates when to begin cutting interest rates this year....
...But she is waiting for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, so that her mortgage will be cheaper. “I could make it work now, but I wouldn’t be able to travel or go out for nice food as much....
...“Prices are still high, the tax burden is the highest it has been in 70 years and mortgage payments are going up,” she said....
...Since the Federal Reserve’s January policy meeting, chair Jay Powell has pushed back against market bets on rapid interest rate cuts....
...US Federal Reserve: Michael Barr, the Fed’s vice-chair for supervision, speaks at the National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Portland, Oregon. Five more top stories 1....
...Here’s a chart from the National Association of Realtors: The total sales number conceals variations at different price levels....
...“That is bringing down mortgage rates in a way that we also really welcome. We know housing affordability continues to be a squeeze for so many Americans,” Brainard said....
...“The Federal Reserve simply cannot keep raising interest rates in light of softening inflation and weakening job gains”, National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun said....
...Price gains in certain US cities have far outstripped the national average, which is up 6.7 per cent since its January low, according to the S&P Case-Shiller national index....
...As an amicus brief by the Mortgage Bankers Associations, the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Association of Realtors — not normally cheerleaders for regulation — observed, if the...
...Investing: A small German mortgage lender has become one of Europe’s most-shorted stocks because of its exposure to US commercial property....
...Others say it’s signal: unaffordable house prices, expensive mortgages, low unemployment and/or higher immigration are keeping the rental market hot....
...Monetary policy: New York Federal Reserve president John Williams will speak about the 2024 economic outlook in the New York City suburb of White Plains....
...All of which suggests the Federal Reserve will need to continue backstopping the Treasury market and the banking system....
...Average UK mortgage rates fell for the first time in more than two years last week while home loan approvals have hit a six-month high, according to BoE data....
...Most agents worked only 30 hours per week last year, according to that National Association of Realtors....
...Balances on Helocs nudged up by $3bn to $339bn in the first quarter of this year, according to data from the New York Federal Reserve....
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