SINGAPORE – Home loan rates here are expected to head lower over the coming 18 months, despite concerns that policies imposed by incoming US president Donald Trump could reignite inflation.

Existing-home sales rose 2.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million, the strongest pace since February 2024 (4.38 million). Sales grew 9.3% from one year ago ...

That is an uptick for the week but is just 2.5% more than a year ago. The takeaway on home prices is that everything is under pressure with mortgage rates over 7%. The price metrics haven’t ...

FILE - North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey talks to reporters at the Albemarle Building in Raleigh, N.C., April 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, file) ...