Danielle Hale

Tariff Turmoil Sends Mortgage Rates Higher, 'Contract Signings Remain Well Below Normal Historical Levels'

On Monday, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage surged to 6.82%, marking the largest single-day increase of the year.

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EXCLUSIVE: Housing Economist Danielle Hale On The Supply-Demand Imbalance Facing Homebuyers

A recently published data study by Realtor.com found that the gap between single-family home constructions and household formations hemorrhaged from 3.84 million homes at the beginning of 2019 to 5.24 million homes as of June 2021. And this is not a situation that can be solely blamed on the disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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