Purchase Application Activity Up 18% Over Last Year as Rates Remain Steady for 17th Week
Mortgage rates ticked up this week but economists are also pointing to some positive news for housing this week: Purchase ...
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Stable Mortgage Rates Sparking Continued Purchase Applications
Zero movement on mortgage rates this week, but the continued steadiness of the average rate remaining in the mid-sixes for ...
A Slight Decrease for Mortgage Rates This Week
Stubbornly elevated but steady is how economists are positioning average mortgage rates over the last several weeks, ticking up and ...
Mortgage Rates See Little Change, Economists See Some Market Stability
Mortgage rates saw very little change this week—similar to recent weeks—as some market stability starts to form, according to Freddie ...
GSE Privatization Under Trump ‘Highly Unlikely’ Anytime Soon, Says Former Freddie Mac CEO
Above, Don Layton Sharing his insights on the Trump administration’s approach to GSE (government-sponsored enterprise) privatization, former CEO of Freddie ...
As Mortgage Rates Climb, Buyers Should ‘Stress-Test Their Budgets’ as Competing Economic Forces Leave Rate Future Unknown
Following the sharp sell-off in government bonds last week that pushed the 10-year treasury yield up to 4.5%, as is ...
Mortgage Rates Remain Steady Amid ‘Back-and-Forth’ Over Tariffs, Economic Uncertainty
As markets respond to tariff uncertainty and a surprise surge earlier this week in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a ...
Fannie Mae Has Fired Over 100 Employees, Citing Fraud
On Tues. April 8, government sponsored-enterprise Fannie Mae announced that over the past few weeks, it had fired over 100 ...
Economists Say Steady Mortgage Rates Are Spurring Sales but They Remain Cautious Over Tariffs Fallout
Real estate economists are pointing to this week’s mortgage rate activity as a possible bellwether for the remainder of the ...
Mortgage Mix: Significant HUD, FHFA Policy Shifts and Terminations Affect Housing
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday ...
Top 4 ‘Don’t Bother’ Projects to Flag for Your Home Sellers
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