Freddie Mac Announces New Down Payment Assistance Program
Freddie Mac has announced new, standardized mortgage documents that increase clarity, consistency and accessibility of down payment assistance (DPA) programs ...
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Home Mortgage Lending Declines in Q3 2023
Across the U.S., 1.54 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were issued in Q3 2023, representing ...
States Where Home Improvement Loans Are Most, and Least, Common
While home improvement loans have always been common, in an economy full of challenges and inflation more homeowners have been ...
Guaranteed Rate Launches ‘Lock it, List it’ Program
Guaranteed Rate has launched "Lock it, List it," a program designed to help real estate agents excel during a challenging ...
NAR Reports Identify Barriers to Homeownership
There’s no market without buyers, but that doesn’t mean that buying a home is easy for them. Two new surveys ...
Where Homeowners Can Get the Largest, and Smallest, Home Equity Loans
While most homeowners are unlikely to have that much value built into their properties, many are nonetheless tapping into the ...
Mortgage Delinquencies See No Change in June
For the month of June, 2.6% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency, unchanged from ...
Report: Loans in Forbearance Continue to Trend Down
The total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by five basis points in June, from 0.49% to 0.44%, according ...
The Pros and Cons of Buying a Fixer-Upper
Buying a fixer-upper is a great way to save money if you like DIY. You can buy a home for ...
Guaranteed Rate Affinity Named #16 U.S. Retail Mortgage Lender
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. has announced the company’s mortgage joint venture with Guaranteed Rate, Inc., Guaranteed Rate Affinity (GRA), has ...
Why Virtual Staging by AI Is Transforming the Home-Staging Industry
Virtual staging is the art of digitally furnishing an empty home to give buyers a better sense of what the space could look like. Read more.
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