A worker walks on the roof of a new home under construction in Carlsbad, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Homebuilders were less confident about their business in December, but they are starting to see potential green shoots. Builder sentiment in the single-family housing market dropped 2 points to 31 inContinue Reading
Mortgage application volume barely moved last week, falling 0.5% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Rates, meanwhile, dropped back a little bit last week, but they’re still near a 22-year high. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conformingContinue Reading
Paramount Global on Wednesday reported third-quarter revenue that was up 5% from a year ago, but the results missed expectations as it suffered from cord cutting and a drop in advertising revenue. Its shares were down about 11% on Wednesday morning. Here’s what the company reported compared with analysts’ expectations,Continue Reading
AT&T Inc. no longer seems the most unloved name in wireless, and that manifested in one milestone that occurred last week. While AT&T shares T, +1.92% rallied in the wake of the company’s Thursday morning earnings report, which showed continued subscriber gains, Verizon VZ, -0.34% shares floundered as the wirelessContinue Reading
JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares rose Friday after the megabank beat analyst targets for third-quarter profit and revenue and said it would top forecasts for its net interest income in the coming quarter. In a busy day for bank earnings, Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +3.61% fell short of earningsContinue Reading
A worker walks on the roof of a new home under construction in Carlsbad, California. Mike Blake | Reuters More builders are lowering prices for homes as their confidence in the market continues to tumble. Homebuilder sentiment in September fell 3 points to 46 in the National Association of HomeContinue Reading
Goodbye, summer bounce. The S&P 500 finished Friday below a crucial chart support level that’s served as a battleground in recent years, leading technical analysts to warn of a potential test of the stock market’s June lows. “Over the last three years, the level on the [S&P 500] with theContinue Reading
Nvidia Corp. shares fell in extended trading Wednesday after the graphics-chip specialist disclosed that the U.S. government is seeking to restrict its data-center business in China. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nvidia NVDA, -2.42% revealed that the U.S. has installed new license requirements for its A100Continue Reading
A real estate consultant shows a condo to a prospective buyer in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images After falling back earlier this month, mortgage rates began rising sharply again to the highest level since mid-July. That caused mortgage demand to pull back even further. Total mortgage application volumeContinue Reading
A sign outside of a Target department store on June 07, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Target announced that it expects profits will take a short-term hit, as it marks down unwanted items, cancels orders and takes aggressive steps to get rid of extra inventory. Joe Raedle | Getty Images TargetContinue Reading