Conventional, FHA, VA Loan Applications Increase Despite Rate Uptick
Applications for home purchases hit their fastest pace since September this week, despite a recent uptick in mortgage rates. Borrowers ...
Tag: Mortgage Rates
Mortgage Rates Edge Up but Remain at Annual Lows
Following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments last week that a December rate cut is not a guarantee, economists said mortgage ...
Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage application activity was mixed this week with overall purchase applications declining from last week, but a slight uptick in ...
Mortgage Rates Decrease for Fourth Consecutive Week
Mortgage rate watchers point out that so far this year rates have fallen 87 basis points from their mid-January peak, ...
Mortgage Applications Grow for First Time in Weeks, Ahead of Second Fed Decision
After four weeks of consecutive drops in activity, mortgage applications break the streak with gains for refinance and purchase applications. ...
Consumers Less Worried About Interest Rates in Connection to Homebuying
The latest monthly data from the University of Michigan’s flagship survey of consumer sentiment found less consumers mentioning interest rates ...
Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Level in Over a Year
With mortgage rates continuing to decline–to their lowest point in over a year this week–refinance activity enters its sixth week ...
Existing-Home Sales Rise 1.5% in September as Mortgage Rates Ease Slowly
The latest report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) on existing-home sales today revealed a 1.5% month-over-month increase in ...
Mortgage Applications Drop 0.3%; Signs of Growth as Winter Approaches
The dry spell for mortgage applications is showing signs of recovery as consecutive weeks of decreasing activity slows significantly. The ...
Mortgage Rates Will Stay North of 6% as Originations to Top $2.2T in 2026: MBA
Housing professionals should expect modest growth in mortgage and home-buying activity and tempered optimism for 2026, according to projections released ...
MLS Rules and the Zillow-ChatGPT Integration: What We Know So Far
Essentially, if you type “Zillow” into a ChatGPT query, the chat will bring up the Zillow app, then a user can use the Zillow app and its functionality—home searches, connecting with agents, etc.—as if they had opened the native Zillow app. Read more.
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