Dip in Rates Supports Home-Purchase Application Activity Uptick
Indexes tracking home-purchase and refinance application activity both saw increases this week, supported by a 9-basis-point decrease in mortgage rates...
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PropStream Launches Enhanced Draw Map Tool for Precision Search
Real estate data platform PropStream has announced a new enhancement to its Draw Map Tool—designed to deliver a more intuitive...
Beyond the Transaction: Building Community and Legacy Through Real Estate
In today’s real estate landscape, it is easy to focus on transactions. Contracts, timelines and closings often take center stage....
Independent Brokerage Leaders Discuss Future, Navigating Mass Consolidation and Private Listing Networks
Above, from left, John Featherston, Vanessa Bergmark, OB Jacobi, Bess Freedman and Christina Pappas at LeadingRE's LIMITLESS conference March 3. ...
New Data Reveals Buyer Markets, Seller Markets and All the Ones In-Between
Market conditions have been a bit of a wild ride over recent years, with affordability and inventory challenges, coupled with...
6 in 10 Parents Are Helping Their Kids Buy Homes, Survey Finds
The “Bank of Mom & Dad” is playing an increasingly powerful role in the next generation’s path to homeownership. A...
Rates Ease Following Mideast Ceasefire
‘In a holding pattern’ is how economists are describing the spring market moving into April, with more policy stability and...
‘Frozen Out’: Refinancers Retreat as Rates Rise
Data tracking home purchase and refinance applications showed decreases in both indexes again this week in the wake of ongoing...
Mortgage Rates Continue to Climb in ‘Complicated Intersection’ of Geopolitics and Economic Policy
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased for the fifth consecutive week, rising to 6.46% as the ongoing war in...
The Next Evolution of Home Search: Shopping Based on Verified Buying Power
Home shopping often starts with excitement and a quiet question in the back of every buyer’s mind: Can I really...
What Recent Pre-Marketing Studies Say About Pricing, Policy and Privacy
How can the industry (and you) use data to steer policy and clients in a direction that best serves everyone—whether that is toward “seller choice” or “transparency,” or perhaps both? Read more.
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