Home prices rose to record levels in May thanks to a lack of supply of existing houses for sale.
Home prices rose 0.7% nationally compared with April at a seasonally adjusted rate — hitting a record, according to a report from Black Knight released on Monday. Additionally, home prices in May were 0.1% higher than the year before.Even as the spring homebuying season comes to an end and mortgage rates push to multimonth highs, there are signs that the housing market is reheating following a slump last year.
More than half of the 50 biggest U.S. housing markets are seeing prices at or above their 2022 peaks. A mere eight of the top 50 markets are still down more than 5% from their zeniths. As of this past week, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.81%, up a tenth of a percentage point from the week before, according to Freddie Mac. Mortgage rates are now the highest they have been since November when they skyrocketed to above 7%.
During the outset of the pandemic, the Fed slashed rates to near-zero levels to ignite economic activity and stave off a recession. That caused mortgage rates to plunge to super low levels — during much of 2020 and 2021, homebuyers were able to lock in mortgages at below 3%.
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