Source: The Mortgage Reports — Some home buyers get their mortgage loans from the home’s seller — not from a mortgage lender. This kind of financing, known as “owner financing” or “seller financing,” can help buyers who don’t meet standard mortgage guidelines...
Source: Market Scale — Freddie Mac’s weekly averages since July 14 have been volatile, with spikes and dips in 30-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 15-year adjustable mortgage rates. But even with some short term relief after August 4’s numbers brought rates below...
Source: The Motley Fool — As potential home buyers think twice about whether now is the right time to buy, sellers in some areas are dropping their prices. The red-hot housing market ushered in by the pandemic is now cooling. And according to Redfin, the areas...
Source: Time — Houses are expensive — and Generation Z will soon discover homebuying is not what it used to be. Those born between 1997 and 2012 are dubbed Generation Z or “Zoomers”– and 86% of them want to buy a home with 45% wanting to do it in the next five...
Source: Forbes — Today, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 5.54%, according to Bankrate.com, while the average rate on a 15-year mortgage is 4.80%. On a 30-year jumbo mortgage, the average rate is 5.54%, and the average rate on a 5/1 ARM is 4.16%....
Source: Yahoo Finance — As a well-known inflation-proof asset, real estate has been highly sought-after for most of the last two years. But things seem to be shifting. According to a new report from real estate brokerage Redfin, around 60,000 home-purchase...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
