Housing Starts Take a Downturn in December Despite Optimism Over Rate Drops
Despite a more favorable outlook on the housing industry that has come along with a sharp decrease in mortgage rates ...
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Mortgage Rates Decrease, But Still Hover in Mid-Six Percent Range
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) decreased slightly this week, from last week’s average of 6.66% to an average of 6.6% ...
Mortgage Applications Increase for Second Week
After some typical decreases through the holidays, mortgage applications marked a second week of increases, this week up 10.4% from ...
Builder Sentiment Rises as Mortgage Rates Fall
As mortgage rates have remained below 7% for several weeks, builder sentiment continues its growth, according to new data from ...
Final Bright MLS Housing Report of 2023 Suggests a New Year of Competition
Bright MLS, which covers the American Mid-Atlantic, found that 2023 ended with their local markets showing sparks of life. Pending ...
Mortgage Mix: Another Cybersecurity Attack Strikes the Mortgage Industry
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. ...
Mortgage Rates Continue to Hover in the Mid-Six Percent Range
The 30-year-fixed-rate mortgage changed little this week, averaging 6.66%, a slight increase from last week’s average of 6.62%, according to ...
How Mortgage Rates Affected Home Affordability in 2023
Despite their current downtrend, mortgage rates had a heavy affect on homeowner affordability in 2023. Specifically, buying power (a homebuyer's ...
Mortgage Rates Move Sideways as Markets Digest Incoming Data
The 30-year-fixed-rate mortgage remained flat this week, averaging 6.62%, relatively the same as last week’s decline to 6.61%, according to ...
LendingTree Takes a Look at 2024
2023 has come to the end with a positive outlook. The Fed paused rates for two consecutive months, unemployment is ...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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