Purchase

The share of borrowers who thought it was a good time to buy hit an all-time low, according to Fannie Mae.

More for-sale homes hit the market than at any point this year but a turning point may lie ahead, according to Realtor.com.

The home price increases and the ongoing inventory shortage made buying conditions difficult and many think it’s only getting more challenging, according to RealtyTrac.

Meanwhile, property values across the U.S. have increased for 40 quarters in a row, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Tight inventory and heightened competition kept prime purchasers at bay as property values continued their summer surge, according to Fannie Mae.

A ClimateCheck score measures the risk of disaster at the zip-code level over the period of a 30-year mortgage.

Soaring home prices and the abundance of all-cash offers that the deep-pocketed can afford makes home buying even harder for the average borrower, according to a Redfin report.

Meanwhile, the average new-home mortgage price climbed to a new all-time high, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The GSE forecasts $4 trillion in production this year because refinance activity is stronger than expected.

Competition amongst those shopping for homes fell for the second straight month as surging prices pushed consumers to the sidelines and inventory saw modest gains, according to Redfin.