Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest Level to Close Out 2025
Freddie Mac’s last mortgage report of 2025 released earlier this week on New Year’s Eve saw the average mortgage rate...
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FHFA Home Price Index Mostly Flat, With Momentum in Some Regions
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly home price index (HPI), which tracks changes in single-family home prices, clocked a...
Anywhere Hit With 3 Lawsuits Over Compass Merger Disclosures
Anywhere Real Estate is facing legal challenges as its $1.6 billion merger with Compass moves toward a critical stockholder vote,...
Federal Reserve Split on Appropriate Monetary Policy for 2026
As annual inflation remains above 2% and the labor market shows weakness, the Federal Reserve has been split in recent...
Market Consolidation and the Pros and Cons for Agents
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FHFA Shaves Affordable Housing Goals for Fannie and Freddie
As part of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) overseeing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the...
Average Time Saving for a Down Payment Now Seven Years: Realtor.com
A down payment on a home is a crucial part of the financial hurdle that homebuyers need to pass before...
Home-Price Growth Sees Its Weakest Reading in Two Years
Home-price growth remained weak in October, with experts pointing to continued inflation and elevated mortgage rates as the cause, according...
How a Dubious Appraisal Can Deep-Six a Deal and Cost You a Commission
It’s all smiles because the work is done. You’ve expertly guided a client through the long and winding home-buying process...
From AI to Social Media, How to Modernize Your Marketing for a Digital-Centric Consumer
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5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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