Over Half of Homebuyers Skip Mortgage Shopping, Yet Those Who Do Get Better Rates
A majority of homebuyers aren’t shopping around for a mortgage, according to new data from LendingTree. Specifically, 54% of buyers ...
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Study: Partisanship Has No Effect on the Supply of Housing or Affordability
A new working paper produced by Joseph Gyourko and Fernando Ferreira—two researchers at The Wharton School of Business at the ...
CFPB’s Inquiry Into Mortgage ‘Junk Fees’ Earns Mixed Reaction From Lenders
Rising closing costs are adding to homebuyers’ affordability woes, putting their dream of homeownership even further out of reach. In ...
Homeowner Equity Spikes to All-Time High of $17 Trillion
In CoreLogic’s latest Homeowner Equity Report for the first quarter of 2024 released June 6, U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which ...
May Sees a Stronger Jobs Report; Pros Give Mixed Reviews
The U.S. added 272,000 jobs to the market in May, higher than the average monthly gain of 232,000 over the ...
Report: Sellers Cutting Prices at Highest Rate Since 2022
Nationwide, 6.4% of homesellers cut their asking price during the four weeks ending May 26 on average, the highest share ...
Report: Sellers Market Holding Strong Despite Inventory Influx
In May, median list prices showed an increase of 37.5% since May 2019, with inventory down 34.2% compared to typical ...
Single-Family Home-Building Construction Holds at Highest Level Since August 2022
Construction spending fell in April as U.S. companies and the government scaled back projects across the country amid high interest ...
Zombie Foreclosures Shrink This Year, Posing Little Threat to Most American Neighborhoods
ATTOM’s latest second quarter 2024 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report showed that there are nearly 1.3 million vacant residential ...
Inflation Numbers Show Little Progress; Interest Rate Cuts May Have to Wait
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% in April, the Commerce Department reported on May 31, matching a ...
3 Ways to Boost Engagement With Selfie-Style Content
In the age of TikTok, hyper-polished, overly-produced videos are a thing of the past. Today’s most effective social media content is simple, scrappy and all you need is your phone. Read more.
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