The largest single-week decline in conventional mortgage rates since July brought the first increase in home-loan applications since September, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. 

The appointment was one of many leadership announcements the National Association of REALTORS® made at its annual convention in Orlando, Florida. 

The company will let go of 862 employees and eliminate the roles of another 218 people, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said.

The new chief executive previously served as CEO of the Women’s Council of Realtors®. 

Homebuyer demand is starting to stabilize as October home sales posted the largest decline since 2015, according to a new report.

Looking ahead, CoreLogic expects national year-over-year appreciation to slow to 3.9% by September 2023. 

The technology survey offers insights into how Realtors value technology and use social media.

The Atlanta-based homebuilding giant will replace the outgoing executive with its senior vice president for field operations. 

September is the fourth month in a row to see declining sales activity. 

A 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.08% this week from 6.94% a week ago, Freddie Mac reported. A year ago, the average mortgage carried a 3.14% rate. 

Mortgage rates continued to weigh on homebuyers in September, following a brief uptick in new-home sales in August.  

At the same time, mortgage applications declined 1.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis on a week-over-week basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. 

In Dallas, home prices posted a 20.2% year-over-year gain in August, compared to a 24.7% gain in July. Month over month, prices fell 1.9%.

The only other time the market saw such change was at the beginning of the pandemic. 

Month over month in September, existing-home sales slid 1.5% to 4.71 million, which is 23.8% lower than the year before. 

New home construction missed analyst estimates in September, falling 8.1% month over month to an annual rate 1,439,000 homes, according to government statistics.