Mortgage Lock-In Effect Is Still Here, Confirms Data and Brokers
The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® from Freddie Mac found the 30-year mortgage rate is averaging 6.72%. For most prospective ...
Tag: Homebuyer Sentiment
Consumer Sentiment at Highest Levels in Years
The latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) shows an increase of 3.5 points in January to 70.7, its ...
How High Mortgage Rates Are Impacting the Housing Market—and Consumers’ Moods
In August, mortgage rates surpassed 7%, hitting a more than two-decade high. At the beginning of 2023, most housing-market watchers ...
Food for Thought? Agents Say Grim Homebuying Poll Results Out to Lunch
There aren’t that many products in which consumers read about or hear on the news whether people think it’s a ...
Homebuyer Sentiment Increases, but Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Highs
Homebuyer sentiment increased by 0.6 points to 61.6, the third consecutive increase but still well below pre-pandemic highs and down ...
Homebuyer Sentiment Rises Due to Easing Mortgage Rates and Home Prices
Homebuyer sentiment increase by 3.7 points to 61, only slightly above its all-time low set in October, according to Fannie ...
Buyer Confidence Fades Fast: NAR
As buyers contend with financing—and finding—a home in their price range, their confidence in their prospects is waning. In the ...
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.
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