The national median payment carried by purchase loan applicants increased in May to $2,211 from $2,186 in April, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Purchase Applications Payment Index report. For borrowers applying for...
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte has opened the door to enable the use of cryptocurrency in the mortgage market. Posting on his X account, Pulte announced, “After significant studying, and in keeping with President Trump’s vision to make the...
Mortgage application activity improved slightly during the week ending June 20 thanks to an uptick in refinancing, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
Rocket Mortgage, a division of Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), announced the addition of bridge loans to its product offerings. According to a statement from the Detroit-headquartered company, the new product “allows current homeowners to use equity to compete...
Mortgage rates continued to inch down in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.81% as of June 18, down from last week when it averaged 6.84%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Gen Z homebuyers accounted for a record-high 12% share of the VA purchase loan market during the first half of fiscal year 2025, triple their share from just three years ago. According to an analysis of Department of Veterans Affairs data published by Veterans United...
