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Why are US home prices up despite sharp rise in mortgage rates, and is it sustainable?
The housing market, a sector that is highly sensitive to interest rate changes, is also demonstrating unexpected resilience.
October 26, 2023
Banking & finance
Singapore banks' mortgage hikes near affordability tipping point
Singapore mortgage rates nearing an affordability tipping point that may hit borrowers’ disposable income and dent buyer demand
October 05, 2022
Broker's Calls
UOB, OCBC to benefit from mortgage rate hikes this year, says DBS
SINGAPORE (Apr 2): DBS Vickers Securities is remaining bullish on Singapore’s banks as a dividend yield play, while highlighting rising mortgage rates as the sector’s bright spot amid higher cost of funds this year.
April 02, 2019
Singapore economy
Singapore is seeing an unprecedented mortgage slowdown
SINGAPORE (Jan 25): Rising interest rates and the latest round of property curbs have put the brakes on mortgage demand at Singapore’s banks, potentially further dragging down the city’s housing market.
January 25, 2019
US existing home sales race to more than 9-1/2-year high
WASHINGTON (Nov 23): US home resales rose in October to their highest level in more than 9-1/2 years as homebuyers, buoyed by an improving labor market, took advantage of still-low mortgage rates to snatch up properties after many were shut out during the
November 23, 2016