Mortgage Rates Claw Back Up
Mortgage rates clawed back up after weeks on a downswing, with the 30-year, fixed rate now averaging 3.91 percent, up...
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Rate Rises Again in Second of 3 Expected Hikes
The Federal Reserve voted on Wednesday to raise the key interest rate one-quarter percentage point, ticking off the second of...
Home Prices: Fast Times in Florida, Even as South Slows
Fast times in Florida. High home price growth in Jacksonville has made The River City the fastest-growing metropolitan housing market...
Homeowners Miss Mark When It Comes to Appraised Value
Homeowners again overvalued their homes in May, missing the mark by 1.93 percent, according to the latest Quicken Loans' National...
Analysis: Monthly Housing Costs in Metros Move Deeper Into Unaffordable Territory
Home values in housing markets the nation over continue to heighten—but while homeowners are cheering the gain in equity, some...
5 Root Causes for U.S.’s Depressed Homeownership Rate: New Study
Despite steadily improving local job markets and historically low mortgage rates, the U.S. homeownership rate is stuck near a 50-year...
Co-Marketing Under RESPA Section 8
When two or more settlement service providers co-market their businesses through advertisements such as printed flyers, online banners or real...
More Updates from Instagram? You’re Really Going to Love Them
Instagram just released new enhancements to their “My Story” feature. Instagram was a content sharing and marketing dream before these...
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Continues to Fall
Freddie Mac has released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropping...
A Seller’s Market? Consumers Express Diverging Sentiment on Home Buying and Selling in May
The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 0.5 percentage points in May to 86.2. The slight decrease can...
Top 4 ‘Don’t Bother’ Projects to Flag for Your Home Sellers
There’s a big difference in value between making improvements when planning to stay in a home versus prepping it for the market. Read more.
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