Mortgage Rates Stay Low Helping to Keep Housing Affordability High
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey(R) (PMMS(R)), showing average fixed mortgage rates...
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Bankrate: Jumbo Mortgage Rates Hit New Record Low
The jumbo 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to a new record low of 4.68 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national...
Study Examines Impact of Social Networks on Strategic Default
Unemployment and other factors have caused many homeowners to involuntarily default on their mortgages. At the same time, falling home...
Housing Update: Obama Administration Releases November Scorecard
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released the November...
Statement Alert: MBA Testifies on Mortgage Market Reform
David H. Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) testified recently before the House Financial Services Subcommittee...
4 Tips for Efficient Downsizing
The organizational benefits of downsizing can be very rewarding. You can save time, restore order, relieve stress, free up space...
Stewart Information Services Corporation Appoints New Executive Team
Stewart Information Services Corp. (NYSE: STC) recently announced a new executive team. Newly appointed CEO Matt Morris created the new...
How Can Renters Solve the Housing Crisis?
Residential real estate is not rocket science. We know that this housing crisis is: 1. Explainable – bad lending, mad...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 12.8 percent from one week earlier (which included the Thanksgiving holiday), according to data from the Mortgage...
Today’s Market – An Agent’s Perspective
With all the newspaper articles, television reports and Internet stories discussing how much real estate values have declined over the...
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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