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Mortgage rates, prices, inventory and permits. The housing market as a system.
Case-Shiller put the national index up 1.9% for the year through July, up from 1.6% in June, but home values fell in real terms for a 14th straight month and the 7.03% mortgage rate from September 24 has not touched this data yet.
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The July Case-Shiller national index lands September 29 at 10 a.m. Eastern with June growth at an eight-month high of 1.53 percent; the scenario table says annual growth lands between 1.5 and 2.2 percent, and the 7.03 percent mortgage rate hits the data two prints from now.
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Freddie Mac put the 30-year fixed at 7.03% for the week of September 24, the first print above 7% since January 2025, while the Case-Shiller national index gained 1.5% in the year through June and active listings hit 1.14 million in August.
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The 10-year Treasury hit 5.18 percent, the highest since October 2023, and pushed the 30-year fixed to 7.03 percent, adding $276 a month to a $400,000 payment since February.
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New-home supply thinned to 8.5 months in August while resale supply hit 4.9, a decade high, as builders cut prices on 38 percent of deals and the 30-year fixed hit 7.03 percent.
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The 30-year fixed hit 7.03% on September 24, up from 6.30% a year ago. Builder confidence fell to 32 and price cuts are spreading. The fall housing market is being set by the bond market.
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Builders moved 684,000 new homes in August and cut months of supply to 8.5, but the 30-year fixed at 7.03 percent adds $237 a month to the median payment since February and sets up a sub-4-million September.
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Census data put August new-home sales at a 684,000 annual pace, up 6.4 percent from July, and months of supply fell to 8.5 as the resale market's high-rate stall quietly became the builder's advantage.
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The MBA weekly survey put the conforming 30-year fixed at 7.12 percent, the highest since May 2024, and nearly one in ten borrowers chose an adjustable loan that costs about $231 less per month.
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The 30-year fixed averaged 6.95 percent in the September 17 Freddie Mac survey, a 97 basis point climb from February's 5.98 low, and the median buyer's payment is now $211 a month worse than it was then.
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August pending home sales rose 0.3 percent to an index of 71.2, and the regional split is a live map of where affordability still works.
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August single-family starts fell 30.3 percent year over year while permits held up, and the near-record-low builder sentiment print of 32 explains it: builders are finishing what they started, not beginning anything new.
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