The distress in commercial real estate is growing as some office buildings sell for much lower prices than just a few years ago.
Category: Mortgages
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China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.
A new approach by China’s top leaders is bold but pales against the problem: a vast number of empty apartments no one wants to buy.
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The High-Class Problem That Comes With Home Equity
You may feel richer as you pay your mortgage down and home values go up. Using that equity is another matter entirely.
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China Says It Will Start Buying Apartments as Housing Slump Worsens
Signaling growing alarm, policymakers ramped up their efforts to stem a continued and steady decline in real estate values.
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Assumable Mortgages Are Making a Comeback Amid a High-Rate Market
Assumable mortgages — or low-rate mortgages that home buyers can take over from home sellers — are making a comeback. The process can be challenging.
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What Fed Rate Moves Mean for Mortgages, Credit Cards and Student Loans
Higher rates benefit those who can save, but for borrowers falling rates would reduce bills on credit cards, home equity loans and other forms of debt.
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High Fed Rates Are Not Crushing Growth. Wealthier People Help Explain Why.
High rates usually pull down asset prices and hurt the housing market. Those channels are muted now, possibly making policy slower to work.
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‘Aging in Place, or Stuck in Place?’
Homeownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was.
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year
Rates on 30-year mortgages — the most common kind among U.S. homeowners — surpassed the 7 percent mark on Thursday, a troublesome sign for an already tight housing market.
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A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up
On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave.
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What Comes Next for the Housing Market?
The Federal Reserve still expects to cut rates this year, and a change in selling practices could shake up home shopping. Here’s the outlook.
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What the Fed’s Rate Moves Could Mean for Loans, Mortgages and Savings
Higher rates benefit those who can save, but for borrowers, falling rates would reduce bills on credit cards, student loans and other forms of debt.