Mortgage rates resumed their upward trajectory and stayed above the dreaded 7% mark in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.18% as of Sept. 14, up from last week when it averaged...
Credit union activity in the mortgage and home equity line of credit (HELOC) markets recorded a decline during the third quarter of this year, according to new data from TransUnion (NYSE:TRU). The balances on credit union-originated mortgages grew more than 4%...
Second homes continue to lose their appeal in the post-pandemic era, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN), with mortgage-rate locks for second homes down 19% year-over-year in August, compared to the 14% decline for primary homes. When measured against the...
A new platform that promises buyers the ability to purchase a home with a mortgage as low as 2% has begun operations. The start-up Roam uses the mortgage assumption process where the buyer will take over (or assume) the existing mortgage terms from the seller. All...
A total of 33,952 residential properties had foreclosure filings in August, up 7% from the previous month but down 2% from one year earlier, according to data from ATTOM. Nationwide, one in every 4,113 housing units had a foreclosure filing last month. The states with...
Mortgage application activity went into decline again last week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the trade group’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, was down by 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis...
