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 ...
Tag: Mortgage Rates
Mortgage Rates Rise for Third Straight Week, Remaining at Near Annual High
The typical summer sales slowdown is being made worse, economists say, by renewed geopolitical tension in the Middle East, putting ...
Mortgage Applications See Modest Rise Amid Rate Hikes
Economists touted regional improvements to housing inventory for the increase in home-purchase application activity this week but cautioned the uptick ...
Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level Since August 2025
Economists say renewed doubt about a resolution to the war in Iran kept Treasury yields and thus mortgage rates elevated ...
Home-Purchase Applications Pulled Back, Refis Up Despite Rate Hike
Mixed signals continue coming from the U.S. housing market, as the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported this week that home-purchase ...
Mortgage Rates See Slight Shift as Iranian Conflict Looms Over Future
Mortgage rates shifted slightly upward this week due to elevated inflation, and the hope for relief may be further delayed, ...
New Homes Shrinking as Buyers Put Affordability, Functionality Before Square Footage
As housing affordability challenges remain, the square footage of new homes is shrinking as buyers are learning to prioritize. Per ...
Mortgage Rates Edge Down, Mark Lowest Level Since Mid-May
The average 30-year-fixed mortgage rate dropped to its lowest level in seven weeks, but is still hovering in the mid-6% ...
Home-Purchase Applications Seeing Steady YOY Growth
The Mortgage Bankers Association is attributing an increase in home-purchase applications this week to mortgage rates edging down slightly following ...
Mortgage Mix: Bankrate Finds Most Borrowers Overpaying, Rates Remain Largely Flat
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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