Barrington Homebuyers

November 11, 2020 Banks continue to tighten lending standards in the face of persistent economic uncertainty. Mortgage delinquencies and fo...

The number of days homes are staying on the market remains at a record-low in the face of intense and persistent buyer demand. Sales are at ...

A greater share of homes sold above their list price in September (22.4%) than in any month since at least January 2018, another byproduct ...

November 9, 2020 Promising results from an early coronavirus vaccine trial sent markets soaring. Treasury yields spiked to their highest le...

November 6, 2020 The U.S. labor market improved in October from September, and unlike the month before, appeared to do so for the right rea...

November 4, 2020 Early election results sent bond yields down — and mortgage rates are likely to follow. Mortgage applications overall rema...

The housing market is showing signs of seasonal cooling after a scorching hot summer sales season that stretched uncharacteristically far in...

Mortgage rates fell this week as coronavirus cases rose and hope for more fiscal relief dwindled sapping rising optimism among investors. A...

November 2, 2020 A shortage of for-sale homes may finally be eating into home sales activity, but construction spending figures suggest tha...

October 30, 2020 The U.S. economy grew at a record pace in Q3 2020, but it remains well short of its pre-pandemic state. Differences betwee...

October 28, 2020 Applications for home purchase loans improved slightly on the week, halting a streak of four straight weekly declines. Saf...

Households that own their home typically spent 17.5% of household income on their monthly housing payments in September, down from 19.6% tw...

October 26, 2020 New home sales slipped slightly in September, but remain incredibly strong overall. The stock market suffered its worst da...

Past attempts at quantifying housing affordability suffered problems of both timeliness and specificity: Current housing costs were divided ...

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index® rose 5.7% year-over-year in August (non-seasonally adjusted), up from 4....