The typical mortgage payment sought by homebuyers declined again in August, offering a modest measure of relief even as borrowing costs remained a major obstacle to affordability. The median monthly payment for purchase-mortgage applicants fell to $2,162 from $2,175...
Sales of newly built single-family homes accelerated in August, but the government’s latest estimates carry an equally important message on price: builders are moving homes in a market where buyers remain intensely payment-sensitive. New-home sales ran at a...
Better Home & Finance Holding Company has opened an investigation into allegations that founder, director and former CEO Vishal Garg sought to offer company interests or property to former employees who are shareholders in exchange for support in his campaign to...
Condominium financing rules are moving from lender operations desks to Capitol Hill. The Community Associations Institute is bringing advocates to Washington Thursday for its 2026 Congressional Advocacy Summit, where one of the central asks will be a one-year delay in...
For homebuyers trying to set a price ceiling before they are ready to lock a mortgage rate, the number may be less fixed than it looks. A new Realtor.com analysis of mortgage-rate changes since 2000 found that a buyer planning a purchase 12 months in advance would...
Optimal Blue Buys Usherpa, Bringing Borrower Outreach Into Mortgage Pricing…
