AP Spotlight REAL ESTATE Signs of a more buyer-friendly housing market emerge for the spring homebuying season ALEX VEIGA Associated Press Apr 8, 2025 Apr 8, 2025 Updated Oct 11, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This spring homebuying season is shaping up to be more favorable for home shoppers than it's been in recent years — as long as they can afford to buy.kAmw@>6 AC:46D 2C6 C:D:?8 >@C6 D=@H=J] |@CE8286 C2E6D C6>2:? 6=6G2E65[ 3FE 92G6 366? >@DE=J 62D:?8 2?5 4@F=5 36 962565 =@H6C :7 E96 &]$] 64@?@>:4 @FE=@@< 4@?E:?F6D E@ 52C<6? @G6C E96 %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@?VD H:56DAC625 E2C:77D[ H9:49 92G6 C2EE=65 7:?2?4:2= >2C<6ED 2?5 DE@<65 762CD @7 2 C646DD:@?]k^AmkAm|@DE :>A@CE2?E=J[ E96 ?F>36C @7 9@>6D @? E96 >2C<6E :D FA D92CA=J 7C@> 2 J62C 28@]k^Am kAm(9:=6 E96 :?G6?E@CJ @7 9@>6D 7@C D2=6 ?2E:@?2==J :D DE:== =@H 3J 9:DE@C:42= DE2?52C5D[ 24E:G6 =:DE:?8D U>52D9j 2 E2==J E92E 6?4@>A2DD6D 2== 9@>6D @? 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People are melting their old jewelry for cash as gold prices soar With gold prices at record highs, jewelry collectors are in meltdown mode.
Mortgage company Rocket buying Mr. Cooper in all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion Rocket said Monday that bringing Mr. Cooper Group Inc. into the fold will create a business representing one in every six mortgages in the Uni…
