Based on new data from Redfin, the median U.S. monthly housing payment hit an all-time high of $2,894 during the four weeks ending May 5, 2024, up 14% from a year earlier, and home prices rose 4.5% to their own record high.
Based on data from ATTOM's newly released first-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, 45.8 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich in the first quarter.
Based on the most recent survey from Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. stood at 7.22 percent as of May 2, 2024.
According to a recent survey by national property broker Redfin, almost 58% of U.S. homeowners feel they probably couldn't afford to repurchase their current homes at today's prices and mortgage rates.