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Clare Trapasso

New York
As seen in: New American Funding, Yahoo Life, Financial Times, Fox News, CNET, New York Daily News, New York Post, Yahoo Finance, Chicago Tribune, MarketWatch, SFGate and
Covers:  residential real estate, mortgages, multi-family (condo, co-op and apartment building) developments
Editorial director at New American Funding covering real estate. Former Realtor.com editor & NY Daily News writer. Dog person, pizza lover. Opinions are mine.

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Clare Trapasso is the senior news editor of realtor.com, writing and editing stories about the world of residential and rental real estate. She is also an adjunct journalism professor at the St. John's University.

She was previously a financial reporter at Ignites, a Financial Times company, covering the mutual funds industry. She also spent five-and-a-half years covering local news, including education, courts and all sorts of murder and mayhem, for the New York Daily News for more than five y…

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Happy Homeownership Month: Why Homeowners Have 38 Times More Wealth Than the Typical Renter

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By Clare Trapasso
| New American Funding
Skip to main content Homebuyers Buying a home can really pay off, even if it may not feel like that in the moments after handing over your savings at the closing table. The typical homeowner had about 38 times more wealth than the average renter between 2019 and 2022, according to the most recent Survey of Consumer Finances report. That’s because homes often appreciate dramatically over decades.
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Mortgage Rates Inch Up as the Summer Housing Market Approaches

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By Clare Trapasso
| New American Funding
Housing News As the housing market approaches the busy summer season, mortgage interest rates ticked up slightly as oil prices remained elevated. Rates averaged 6.53% for 30-year fixed-rate loans in the week ending May 28, according to the latest Freddie Mac data. That was up from 6.51% the previous week. However, mortgage rates were still lower than they were a year ago at this time, when they averaged 6.89%. Nationally, home list prices were also down.
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Homebuyers Are Purchasing More Homes This Spring

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By Clare Trapasso
| New American Funding
Housing News More homes have gone under contract this spring, despite rising mortgage interest rates. Pending home sales increased 1.4% in April compared to March, according to the latest National Association of Realtors (NAR) data. The number of homes under contract was up 3.2% in April year-over-year. (Pending home sales are homes that are under contract that haven’t closed yet.
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Email me at ctrapasso@ignites.com.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

I wrote a series on the challenges facing victims of Hurricane Sandy.

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