Study: Shopping Around for a Mortgage May Save Buyers $84k Over Life of Loan
Though today’s relatively high mortgage rates have made homebuying considerably more expensive than during the height of the pandemic, shopping...
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Almost 60% of Metro Areas Posted Q2 Home-Price Gains
The price dips many buyers were starting to enjoy could be gone in some regions before they even really got...
United Wholesale Mortgage Returns to the Black with Strong Q2 Performance
The spring home-buying season fueled a fiery second-quarter performance for United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), as the lending giant tallied a...
THE PLAYBOOK: What You Must Tell First-Time Homebuyer Clients ASAP
One of the true joys for most REALTORSⓡ is working with house-hunting newbies. They’re usually wide-eyed and excited as they...
With Q2 Losses Lessened and Agents Added, Fathom Execs Upbeat on Future
In what has been a challenging year for most residential real estate companies, with tight inventory and higher-than-hoped-for mortgage rates,...
Inflation Ticks Up—Is It a Blip or a Warning?
For the first time in almost a year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracked a month-to-month increase in headline inflation,...
Mortgage Rates Rise for the Third Straight Week
Seeing a third-straight week of mortgage rate hikes, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.96% this week, up from last...
Affordability Crisis Grows as ‘Overvalued’ Markets Stabilize
The truism of “location, location, location” may no longer be the end-all, be-all of housing choice. For now—and maybe for...
How the Agent’s Role Is Evolving as Immigrants Carve New Path to Homeownership
Immigrants will soon be the primary driver of new housing demand. That is not news—demographers have long predicted that the...
Where to Find the Biggest Homes and Yards, Without Breaking the Bank
While housing inventory continues to be a struggle, it seems that the average size of a home and lot has...
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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