Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- A rapid rise in mortgage interest rates depressed housing affordability in California during the fourth quarter of 2022 and pushed the statewide affordability index for an existing, single-family home to 17 percent, just above the 15-year...
Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- Homebuyer.com, the mortgage company for first-time home buyers, ranks home affordability in more than 800 U.S. cities using real-time mortgage and housing market data. Using public and private data sources, Homebuyer.com performed...
Source: KTAR News — More than you realize is public information online. Here are five private details anyone can find out about you and your home online. Luckily, there are steps you can take to protect your privacy. Tap or click for steps to blur your home on...
Source: RE Journals — Law firm DLA Piper recently released its 2022 Year-End Real Estate Trends Report. One of the more interesting findings? Transactional volume handled by DLA Piper’s real estate group soared in the first half of 2022, nearly doubling the...
Source: Forbes — When we talk about things that can have a big impact on the real estate market, politics is an important one. A friendly political climate for real estate can make a market grow while an unfriendly one can weaken a market. But what kinds of...
Source: The Guardian — Five-year fixed-rate mortgages priced at below 4% are back on sale for the first time since just after the disastrous autumn mini-budget. HSBC has repriced its range and introduced a new five-year fix at 3.99% for customers remortgaging...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
