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Typical Homebuyer’s Mortgage Payment Up 15% Since Mid-August
Talk about a wallop to the wallet: the typical homebuyer’s monthly mortgage payment has climbed $337 (15%) over the past six weeks, according to a report from Redfin, Seattle.
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Commercial Property Price Growth Trends Slower
U.S. commercial property prices increased in August, but at the slowest pace seen this year, reported Real Capital Analytics, New York.
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Black Knight: August Home Prices Down Nearly 1%
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., said home prices fell in August for the second straight month.
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MBA Chart of the Week Sept. 30, 2022: MBA Purchase Applications Payment Index
Last week, the Federal Housing Finance Agency released its Purchase-Only House Price Index for July. The HPI was down 0.6% from the previous month, although up 13.9% from July 2021. The HPI has increased by nearly 120% since March 2012 (yellow line), and is up 39% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
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15% of August Home Purchase Agreements Fall Through
Redfin, Seattle, reported 64,000 home-purchase agreements fell through in August, equal to 15.2% of homes that went under contract that month. That’s up from 12.1% a year earlier and is comparable with July’s revised rate of 15.5%.