Mortgages

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Housing Market Stalls as Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High Living & Furniture

Housing Market Stalls as Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High

US mortgage rates climbed to 6.46%, their highest in seven months, as the war in Iran drives oil prices higher and reignites inflation fears — but ris...

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Iran War Sends Mortgage Rates to Six-Month High Living & Furniture

Iran War Sends Mortgage Rates to Six-Month High

The conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz blockade have driven U.S. mortgage rates to 6.38%, their highest in six months, as surging oil prices pu...

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US Housing Market Thaws as Rates Near 6% and Inventory Rises Living & Furniture

US Housing Market Thaws as Rates Near 6% and Inventory Rises

The US housing market is showing signs of recovery as mortgage rates approach their lowest levels since 2022, inventory climbs to a five-year high, an...

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Housing in Spain: Historic Record with a 12.7% Increase Living & Furniture

Housing in Spain: Historic Record with a 12.7% Increase

The price of free-market housing in Spain closed 2025 with its largest increase since 2007, a 12.7% year-on-year rise, and BBVA Research experts predi...

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Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Ban Investor Home Buying Living & Furniture

Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Ban Investor Home Buying

The US Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 89–10 on March 12, barring large institutional investors from buying single-family homes and...

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US Spring 2026: Rates Tick Up, Affordability Hits 4-Year High Living & Furniture

US Spring 2026: Rates Tick Up, Affordability Hits 4-Year High

Mortgage rates edged up to 6.11% in mid-March 2026, yet housing affordability reached its best level since March 2022 as slowing price growth and risi...

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How Wall Street Buys Single-Family Homes—and Why It Matters Economy

How Wall Street Buys Single-Family Homes—and Why It Matters

Large investment firms and private equity funds have purchased hundreds of thousands of U.S. single-family homes since 2012, reshaping housing markets...

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Europe's Property Market Rebounds as Investors Return Living & Furniture

Europe's Property Market Rebounds as Investors Return

European real estate is entering a new investment cycle in spring 2026, with rental prices growing 3–5% annually, investor volumes rising, and living...

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Housing Crisis: Spanish Property Prices Soar 12.7% in 2025 Living & Furniture

Housing Crisis: Spanish Property Prices Soar 12.7% in 2025

The price of free-market housing in Spain skyrocketed by 12.7% in 2025, the largest annual increase since 2007, according to the INE. A structural def...

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Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags Living & Furniture

Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags

CBRE's European Real Estate Market Outlook 2026 forecasts residential rents rising 3–4% across the continent, driven by acute housing shortages in Spa...

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Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out Living & Furniture

Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out

A chronic shortage of affordable homes is shutting middle-income households out of ownership markets across Europe's major cities, as underbuilding, s...

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US Housing 2026: Midwest Rises as West Coast Falls Living & Furniture

US Housing 2026: Midwest Rises as West Coast Falls

America's spring 2026 housing market is defined by sharp regional divergence: Midwest prices climb 3.5% while West Coast and Sunbelt markets soften un...

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