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md:px-8">Home financing costs are approaching 7 per cent amid strong economic data and Donald Trump’s election win. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG</div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="body-content tracking-tighter mb-6 mt-4 font-lucida text-lg font-medium leading-normal tracking-[-0.05625rem] text-gray-850 antialiased md:px-8 md:text-xl" data-testid="article-paragraphs-component"><div class="relative mb-4 md:mb-6"><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">SALES of previously owned US homes rose in October by the most since earlier this year, as buyers took advantage of a dip in mortgage rates in the previous month.</p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Contract closings increased 3.4 per cent from a month earlier – the most since February – to a 3.96 million annualised rate, according to data released on Thursday (Nov 21) by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). That was in line with the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists and followed the weakest pace since late 2010. </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Despite the uptick in sales, the housing market remains bogged down by topsy-turvy mortgage rates and limited choices. Mortgage rates had dipped to a two-year low in September, persuading buyers to sign contracts that then closed the following month. </p><div class="my-8 md:my-12 w-screen bg-gray-125 transition-all duration-300 border-gray-175 min-h-0 border-y-0 bg-none py-0" style="max-width:0px;margin-left:calc(-1*(0px - 100%) / 2 );height:0"><div data-component="component-container" class="container px-3 sticky top-[120px]"><div class="relative mx-auto w-full md:w-10/12 md:px-8 lg:w-8/12"><div class="text-center text-center" data-testid="advertisement-element"><div id="dfp-ad-imu1" class="adunit-component"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Now, home financing costs are approaching 7 per cent amid strong economic data and Donald Trump’s election win – which are both tempering expectations for how much the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in the coming months. </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">“Additional job gains and continued economic growth appear assured, resulting in growing housing demand,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said. “While mortgage rates remain elevated, they are expected to stabilise.” </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">High borrowing costs have led to a shortage of previously owned homes on the market, discouraging many would-be home sellers from listing their properties for sale and having to part with their current low financing costs. </p><div class="py-10 md:-mx-8"><div class="mb-6 border border-gray-175 p-6 md:p-8"><div class="" data-component="specific-newsletter"><h5 class="mb-6 border-b border-gray-850 py-2 !font-poppins text-base font-semibold uppercase tracking-5% md:text-lg">A NEWSLETTER FOR YOU</h5><div class="flex py-3 md:px-10 md:py-6"><img alt="Newsletter Img" class="hidden h-auto max-w-full self-start min-[321px]:block" width="75" height="75" src="/assets-web2/newsletter_property-BQQWZrOj.png"/><div class="min-[321px]:pl-4 md:pl-6"><p class="mb-1 font-poppins text-4xs font-light uppercase tracking-[1px] text-gray-850">Tuesday, 12 pm</p><h5 role="name" class="!font-poppins text-xl font-medium text-gray-850">Property Insights</h5><p role="description" class="mb-3 font-public-sans text-base font-light tracking-normal text-gray-850 md:text-lg ">Get an exclusive analysis of real estate and property news in Singapore and beyond.</p><div class="relative hidden w-full md:block md:w-4/5 lg:w-7/10 xl:w-6/10"><div class="relative"><button data-size="md" type="button" class="!outline-none focus-within:outline-none focus:outline-none outline-0 focus-within:outline-0 focus:outline-0 flex cursor-pointer items-center justify-center whitespace-nowrap rounded-full border border-solid border-gray-175 text-center !font-poppins text-gray-850 transition-all duration-150 hover:border-gray-850 data-[size=lg]:h-[68px] data-[size=md]:h-[42px] data-[size=sm]:h-[36px] font-semibold text-xs tracking-[0.02em] w-full min-w-[155px] bg-transparent px-0 py-0 hover:bg-transparent md:max-w-[155px]" data-rac="" id="react-aria-:Rb55moodcscu5:">Sign Up</button></div></div></div></div><div class="relative block w-full md:hidden"><div class="relative"><button data-size="md" type="button" class="!outline-none focus-within:outline-none focus:outline-none outline-0 focus-within:outline-0 focus:outline-0 flex cursor-pointer items-center justify-center whitespace-nowrap rounded-full border border-solid border-gray-175 text-center !font-poppins text-gray-850 transition-all duration-150 hover:border-gray-850 data-[size=lg]:h-[68px] data-[size=md]:h-[42px] data-[size=sm]:h-[36px] font-semibold text-xs tracking-[0.02em] w-full min-w-[155px] bg-transparent px-0 py-0 hover:bg-transparent md:max-w-[155px]" data-rac="" id="react-aria-:Rblmoodcscu5:">Sign Up</button></div></div></div></div></div><div class="w-screen bg-gray-125 transition-all duration-300 border-gray-175 min-h-0 border-y-0 bg-none py-0" style="max-width:0px;margin-left:calc(-1*(0px - 100%) / 2 );height:0"><div data-component="component-container" class="container px-3 sticky top-[120px]"><div class="relative mx-auto w-full md:w-10/12 md:px-8 lg:w-8/12"><div class="text-center text-center" data-testid="advertisement-element"><div id="dfp-ad-midarticlespecial" class="adunit-component my-8 md:my-12"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Last month, the inventory of available homes edged up 0.7 per cent to 1.37 million, continuing to trend higher although well below pre-pandemic levels. </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Despite the weakness in sales, tight inventory is keeping prices elevated, yielding one of the least affordable housing markets on record. The median sale price last month increased 4 per cent from a year earlier to US$407,200, the highest ever for any October, the NAR figures show. </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">In fact, previously owned homes are quickly catching up to the price of new homes. The price premium for new homes has sunk to a historic low, just 1 per cent, according to a Nov 7 note from Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Drew Reading. </p><div class="mb-6 mt-8 border border-gray-175 p-6 md:-mx-8 md:mt-0 md:p-8" data-testid="article-read-more"><div><div class="mb-6 border-b border-gray-850 pb-2 !font-poppins text-base font-semibold leading-normal tracking-5% text-gray-850 md:text-lg">SEE ALSO</div><div data-testid="section-article-read-more"><div class="mb-6" data-testid="article-read-more-items"><div data-testid="basic-card" data-cueid="5383853" class="relative flex flex-wrap items-start gap-4"><div class="relative flex order-1 flex-shrink-0 w-[70px] lg:w-[90px]"><div class="flex items-center justify-center bg-gray-250 w-full"><div class="w-full" style="position:relative"><a rel="noopener" href="/property/us-mortgage-rates-resume-climb-ratcheting-pressure-buyers" target="_blank"><picture><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/26a3a9803a09b674e912c3597b3867409b11ac97ab59539853258fc08530a3d7?w=180&h=120&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/26a3a9803a09b674e912c3597b3867409b11ac97ab59539853258fc08530a3d7?w=140&h=100&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><source srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/26a3a9803a09b674e912c3597b3867409b11ac97ab59539853258fc08530a3d7?w=300&h=200&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><img src="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/26a3a9803a09b674e912c3597b3867409b11ac97ab59539853258fc08530a3d7?q=20&w=3&h=2&f=webp" loading="lazy" alt="Homebuyers are facing mortgage rates that have climbed in seven of the past eight weeks. " class="w-full aspect-3x2"/></picture></a></div></div></div><div class="flex flex-grow flex-col w-full-120px lg:w-2/3 order-2 text-white"><h3 class="_title_d4ajx_12 !text-base my-0 leading-[1.3rem] tracking-normal !font-lct" data-testid="title_link_5383853"><a class="inherit word-break hover:underline !text-gray-850" rel="noopener" title="US mortgage rates resume climb, ratcheting up pressure on buyers" href="/property/us-mortgage-rates-resume-climb-ratcheting-pressure-buyers" target="_blank">US mortgage rates resume climb, ratcheting up pressure on buyers</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="mb-6" data-testid="article-read-more-items"><div data-testid="basic-card" data-cueid="5341647" class="relative flex flex-wrap items-start gap-4"><div class="relative flex order-1 flex-shrink-0 w-[70px] lg:w-[90px]"><div class="flex items-center justify-center bg-gray-250 w-full"><div class="w-full" style="position:relative"><a rel="noopener" href="/property/us-mortgage-rates-rose-again-week-after-trumps-victory" target="_blank"><picture><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/996a8048c11f115fc68031848a32caed7c0362176a5619f4b5667f1ed70dc4b4?w=180&h=120&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/996a8048c11f115fc68031848a32caed7c0362176a5619f4b5667f1ed70dc4b4?w=140&h=100&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><source srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/996a8048c11f115fc68031848a32caed7c0362176a5619f4b5667f1ed70dc4b4?w=300&h=200&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><img src="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/996a8048c11f115fc68031848a32caed7c0362176a5619f4b5667f1ed70dc4b4?q=20&w=3&h=2&f=webp" loading="lazy" alt="The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose five basis points to 6.86 per cent in the week ended Nov 8, the highest since July." class="w-full aspect-3x2"/></picture></a></div></div></div><div class="flex flex-grow flex-col w-full-120px lg:w-2/3 order-2 text-white"><h3 class="_title_d4ajx_12 !text-base my-0 leading-[1.3rem] tracking-normal !font-lct" data-testid="title_link_5341647"><a class="inherit word-break hover:underline !text-gray-850" rel="noopener" title="US mortgage rates rose again in week after Trump’s victory" href="/property/us-mortgage-rates-rose-again-week-after-trumps-victory" target="_blank">US mortgage rates rose again in week after Trump’s victory</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="mb-6" data-testid="article-read-more-items"><div data-testid="basic-card" data-cueid="5313415" class="relative flex flex-wrap items-start gap-4"><div class="relative flex order-1 flex-shrink-0 w-[70px] lg:w-[90px]"><div class="flex items-center justify-center bg-gray-250 w-full"><div class="w-full" style="position:relative"><a rel="noopener" href="/property/mortgage-rates-us-climb-sixth-week-highest-july" target="_blank"><picture><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/22202fc2439832f41b9012f2e10f40f0b01b4b1369196cfa10e246b41b813db3?w=180&h=120&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/22202fc2439832f41b9012f2e10f40f0b01b4b1369196cfa10e246b41b813db3?w=140&h=100&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><source srcSet="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/22202fc2439832f41b9012f2e10f40f0b01b4b1369196cfa10e246b41b813db3?w=300&h=200&dpr=1&f=webp 1x"/><img src="https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/businesstimes/22202fc2439832f41b9012f2e10f40f0b01b4b1369196cfa10e246b41b813db3?q=20&w=3&h=2&f=webp" loading="lazy" alt="Higher borrowing costs are discouraging potential homebuyers from jumping into the market. 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Properties remained on the market for 29 days on average, compared with 28 days in the previous month. </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Looking ahead, sales in November may reflect the impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which wrecked parts of the South – the US’s biggest home-selling region. </p><p class="mb-4 md:mb-6 leading-8 -tracking-5%" data-story-element="paragraph" data-testid="paragraph-component">Existing-home sales account for the majority of the US total and are calculated when a contract closes. On Tuesday, the government will release October new-home sales figures, which are based on contract signings. 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