Mortgage Rates Remain Steady; Buyers Moving on Modest Decreases
Mortgage rates remained relatively steady from last week, but an increase in home-purchase application activity after multiple weeks of decreases ...
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Slight Rate Drop Drives Mortgage Application Activity Upward After Weeks of Declines
While mortgage rates remain elevated, a slight retreat this past week drove home-purchase application activity up for the first time ...
Big Builders Cite Consumer ‘Anxieties,’ Oil Prices as Weighing on Market
As we slip into the second half of 2026, major homebuilders are looking past this challenging year and making their ...
Mortgage Rates Rise to Higher Than Year-Ago Levels for the First Time in 44 Weeks
Mortgage rates continued their upward march, coming in above year-ago levels for the first time in 44 weeks, but economists ...
Home Shoppers Pull Back as Rates Hit Highest Point in Over a Year
Those shopping for a home or a refinance for a lower rate appear to be moving back to the sidelines ...
Report: Majority of Metro Areas Saw Home Prices Increase in Q2
The latest home price and affordability data report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) released Aug. 4 shows more ...
Mortgage Rates Rise for Fourth Straight Week, Hitting 12-Month High
The continued summer slowdown in the housing market could see an uptick in transactions before fall, but economists are pointing ...
Fed Maintains Rates for the Fifth Consecutive Meeting
In his second Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as chairman, Kevin Warsh announced that the FOMC voted to maintain ...
Mortgage Applications Drop Off This Week
Despite near annual highs of the 30-year average mortgage rate, home-purchase application activity had been holding steady or even modestly ...
Mortgage Mix: Rates Hit Their Highest Level in Nearly a Year; Foreclosures Up
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 ...
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