Rising Rates Result in Mortgage Application Reversal
With mortgage rates climbing to their highest point since August recently, the role of steadily increasing home purchase application and ...
Tag: Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability Sees Minor Improvements Despite Historic Gap: Report
Despite a trend of significant depreciation in home-price growth, home prices remain elevated overall. Coupled with rising mortgage rates, elevated ...
Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level of 2026
While mortgage rates hit a high for the year so far, reflecting escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, analysts ...
Local Investors Outpace Builders in Delivering Affordable Starter Homes: Report
America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t solely caused by too few homes. It’s also because of too few usable ones. A ...
Bang for Your Buck: Where $400,000 Gets You a Mansion, and Where It Gets You a Studio
Housing affordability—the issue we all know, and definitely do not love. In the past couple years, the national median home ...
After Weeks-Long Run, Mortgage, Refi Applications Dive as Rates Climb
New data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows applications for both home purchases and refinances fell significantly this week following ...
Home Sales Power ‘Resilient’ 2026, but Pendings Indicate Spring Market May Be ‘Delayed’
Pending home sales saw a slight uptick in February, continuing an optimistic trend ahead of a long-awaited spring boom, according ...
As Lawmakers Mull Ban, Report Finds Institutional Investors Are ‘Small Segment’ of Buyers
The presence of institutional investors in the single-family housing market has been a lightning rod for controversy. In January 2026, ...
Despite Uptick, Buyers Responding to Current Rate Environment
The average mortgage rate remaining at or around the low 6% range continues to spur buyer activity, but economists warn ...
Mortgage Applications Increase for Fourth Straight Week
With the war in Iran causing market volatility this past week including an average mortgage rate increase from below and ...
3 Ways to Boost Engagement With Selfie-Style Content
In the age of TikTok, hyper-polished, overly-produced videos are a thing of the past. Today’s most effective social media content is simple, scrappy and all you need is your phone. Read more.
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