What to Know About Working With a REALTOR®
Many people don't really understand how the real estate business works or what is a REALTOR® and what they do....
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Pros and Cons of an FHA 203k Loan: What You Should Know
Have you heard people talk about an FHA 203K loan and wondered what it was and how it worked? Buying...
Mortgage Rates Exceed 6% for the First Time Since 2008
On the rise since the beginning of the year, mortgage rates continued their upward trajectory this week, rising above 6%...
U.S. Home Equity Increases Again in Q2 2022
U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which account for roughly 63% of all properties) saw equity increase by 27.8% year over year,...
Inflation (Finally) Dips, Housing Still a Concern
It’s still not good, but "better" is great news right now. That appears to be the consensus from economists after...
Finally, a Pause in Mortgage Rate Hikes
After several sharp spikes and nearly doubling over the last year, mortgage rates took a breather this week, decreasing from...
Real Estate CEOs Mull 2022 Landscape, Slowdown
“Comparing anything to 2020 or 2021, it doesn’t make any sense.” That is the conundrum—summed up frankly by Anne Marie...
15 Markets are 60% Overvalued, New Report Finds
As home prices have shown no signs of slowing through the first half of this year, researchers who have been...
Mortgage Applications Decrease During Last Week of May
Mortgage applications decreased 2.3% from one week earlier, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers...
Builder Confidence Plunges on Rising Interest Rates, Growing Affordability Woes
In a sign that the housing market is now slowing, builder confidence took a steep drop in May, according to...
NAR’s Lawrence Yun Predicts U.S. Home Prices Won’t Experience Major Decline
Limited housing inventory will prevent large home price drops for most of the country next year, says Yun. Read more.
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