Mortgage Mix: Debt-Ceiling Uncertainty Influences Mortgage Market
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon....
Premier
Interview: When Playing the Long Game Pays Off
For HomeTeam Inspection President Adam Long, being a part of the real estate industry for 18 years has been richly...
Fed Divided, Awaiting Data Before Rate-Hike Decision
The choices of the Federal Reserve over the last year or two—and particularly in the last month—have been deeply scrutinized....
Pending Home Sales Remain Unchanged Since March Dip
The tug of war between ongoing inventory challenges in the existing-home market and homebuyer interest hasn’t let up. According to...
Mortgage Rates Increase for Second Week in a Row
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.57% this week, up from 6.39% last week, to where it returned after a...
How Smart Devices Can Help Manage a Home’s Energy Use
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies has been studying the effects of digitalization in housing via an ongoing research...
Let ‘Em Cook: The Top 5 Hottest Markets in Each Region
Not every city or metro is feeling the freezing effects of higher mortgage rates and dwindling consumer confidence. The local...
Mortgage Applications Decrease for Second Straight Week
Mortgage applications decreased for the second week in a row, down 4.6% from a decrease of 5.7% the previous week,...
SOCIAL SKILLS: Handy Tools to Help Agents Improve Content and Increase Engagement
Content creation and marketing are essential components of every real estate agent’s social media strategy. However, creating quality content takes...
As Commission Lawsuits Heat Up, Set the Record Straight With Deeper Client Conversations
Tough conversations are never fun, but they come with the territory when you are an agent. Among the list of...
Frozen Lockboxes: Tools and Strategies for Deicing Before a Showing
A truly blistering winter can freeze up locks, both lockboxes and locks on the doors themselves, so it can pay off to have a fast-acting solution. Read more.
Business Tip of the Day provided by
