Month: March 2019

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/new-home-sales-february.html

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes increased to an 11-month high in February and sales for January were revised higher, suggesting that lower mortgage rates were starting to lift the struggling housing market….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/brexit-london-house-prices-suffer-their-biggest-fall-in-10-years.html

Brexit fears are keeping London's property market on edge….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/28/lower-mortgages-bring-more-home-buyers-redfin-ceo.html

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman joins CNBC's "Power Lunch" to discuss the health of the housing market as mortgage rates see their biggest weekly drop in a decade….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/28/warren-buffett-says-realtors-are-not-a-cartel.html

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett sits down with CNBC's Becky Quick in Grapevine Texas at an event for Hand-up Success. The two discuss the state of the economy and his investment strategy….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/28/pending-home-sales-drop-1percent-in-february-despite-lower-mortgage-rates.html

The supply of homes for sale has been rising steadily, up over 3 percent in February compared with a year ago….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/28/mortgage-rates-see-biggest-weekly-drop-in-a-decade.html

Homebuyers got a big boost to their purchasing power this week thanks to falling mortgage rates….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/28/trump-administration-sues-facebook-over-discriminatory-advertising-practices.html

Until last week, Facebook allowed employers or landlords to limit their audiences on the basis of race, ethnicity or gender….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/28/hud-charges-facebook-with-housing-discrimination.html

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging Facebook with housing discrimination. HUD is alleging that Facebook's practice of targeted advertising violates the Fair Housing Act by "encouraging, enabling, and causing" unlawful discrimination by restricting who can view housing ads….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/28/heres-the-major-risk-facing-the-rally-in-homebuilding-stocks.html

The SPDR S&P Homebuilder ETF is having its best quarter since 2012, but analysts are growing concerned that weak housing starts could put a lid on the gains….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/27/mortgage-rates-continue-to-drop.html

CNBC's Diana Olick reports on the continued drop in mortgage rates after the Federal Reserve's decision last week to leave interest rates unchanged for the rest of the year….