An aerial view of mansions along the coastline of southeastern Connecticut, near Greenwich, on September 25, 2006. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images) Photographer: Brooks Kraft/Getty Images
US mortgage rates fell to the lowest level since September 2022 as affordability slowly improves.
Homes in Crockett, California, US, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Pending sales of US existing homes fell in December by the most since April 2020, an unusually large drop after the housing market appeared to be gaining some momentum. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he’s targeting a different audience: the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos.
The World Economic Forum logo on a window in the Congress Center on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump’s pledge to bar Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes had the feel of a counterpunch on behalf of consumers frustrated by a yearslong housing crisis. But experts immediately questioned whether such a ban would do much to alleviate the high prices and supply shortages in many American communities — or even make them worse.
Prospective buyers attend an open house in San Francisco.
Mortgage rates in the US ticked lower for a second straight week.
Homes in Hercules, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The Mortgage Bankers Association is scheduled to release mortgage applications figures on November 19.
Luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc. beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly orders, while providing full-year guidance for 2026 that fell below expectations.
Construction at a Toll Brothers housing community in Morgan Hill, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Mortgage rates dropped for a second week, hitting the lowest level since late October.
Homes in Hercules, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The Mortgage Bankers Association is scheduled to release mortgage applications figures on November 19.
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