Source: Keeping Current Matters — If you’re looking to buy your first home, you’re likely balancing several factors. Because both mortgage rates and home prices have risen this year, it costs more to buy a home than it did even just a few months ago. But that...
Source: World Property Journal — Based on ATTOM’s first-quarter 2022 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, 2.71 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) originated in the first quarter of 2022 in the United States....
Source: Fannie Mae — WASHINGTON, DC – The Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) remained relatively flat in May, decreasing by only 0.3 points but inching nearer its 10-year- and pandemic-low of 63.0 from April 2020. Surveyed consumers...
Source: World Property Journal — According to a new Zillow survey, over 50% of U.S. home buyers say the process left them in tears, with Gen Zers and millennials — many of whom are first-time home buyers – far more likely to cry at least once during...
Source: Realtor — The double whammy of surging mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices has led to “collapsed” housing affordability in America, according to Chris Flanagan’s team at BofA Global Research. The situation has gotten so bad that it now compares...
Source: CNBC — When interest rates rise, it’s common for some homebuyers to explore whether an adjustable rate mortgage would make sense for them. With an ARM, as it’s called, the appeal is its lower initial interest rate compared with a traditional 30-year...