The combination of elevated mortgage rates and an inflation-heavy economy has created a financial strain and growing unhappiness with customer service among mortgage servicing customers, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Mortgage Servicer Satisfaction Study. This...
The latest housing market statistics showed a drop in home sales last month and a lower level of mortgage application activity last week. Sales of new single‐family houses in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 697,000, according to estimates published...
Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate introduced OneDown, a mortgage product that features down payment options as low as 1% plus an additional 2% contribution towards that down payment. OneDown also offers borrowers a $1,000 contribution toward lender fees. The...
The number of serious delinquencies – defined as loans 90 days or more past due – dropped to 471,000 in June, the lowest since August 2006, according to new data from Black Knight Inc. (NYSE:BKI). June’s level is 177,000 loans lower (-27%) from one year earlier....
Mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 26.1% year-over-year in June, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey. Compared to May, applications were down by 5%. MBA estimated new single-family home sales were...
Mortgage rates took a slide over the past week, according to Freddie Mac’s (OTCQB: FMCC) latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.78% as of July 20, down from last week when it averaged 6.96%. A year ago at this time, it...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 29-July 3
