Source: World Property Journal — According to CoreLogic’s latest CoreLogic Home Price Index and Forecast for March 2022, U.S. home prices continued to post significant year-over-year gains in March 2022, up by 20.9%, another record high. Even with the...
Source: Housing Wire — Don Layton, the former CEO of Freddie Mac recently penned what can only be described as an attack piece on mortgage originators from his seat as a fellow at the JCHS, Harvard’s Joint Center For Housing Studies. But what Mr. Layton has...
Source: Mortgage News Daily — Today brought the much-anticipated policy announcement from the Federal Reserve. Many people mistakenly believe that the Fed’s present day decisions to hike/cut its policy rate (the “Fed Funds Rate”) are...
Source: Yahoo Finance — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised short-term interest rates by 0.50%, as part of an effort to tamp down the inflationary pressures weighing on Americans. The central bank suggested that it will further raise borrowing costs...
Source: Nerdwallet — Definition of mortgage refinance A mortgage refinance replaces your current home loan with a new one. Often people refinance to reduce the interest rate, cut monthly payments or tap into their home’s equity. Others refinance a home to pay...
Source: Realtor.com — Mortgage rates are at their highest level in more than a decade. Home buyers are fighting back. More borrowers are paying fees to cut their interest rates and making higher down payments to lower the amount they have to finance, lenders...