Source: Better Homes and Gardens — Millennials and Gen Z are more likely than previous generations to be self-employed in some capacity—which can make buying a home more complicated. These expert tips help make sense of the process. Once upon a fairytale, it...
Source: Ris Media — Tim Grant, a REALTOR® with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers in Newnan, Georgia, has been a huge proponent of Rocket Mortgage with his customers since working with the lender to finance his own home purchase. “The process...
Source: Forbes Advisor — If you have to pay private mortgage insurance (PMI), you’re likely looking forward to the day your home equity hits 20% of the home purchase price so you can be released from PMI payments on your mortgage. Better yet, rising home values...
Source: Fox Business— Mortgage rates gained in the past week, putting a damper on demand for mortgage applications. Mortgage applications declined 2.8% from a week ago, according to the weekly survey from the Mortgage Banker’s Association. The increase in...
Source: The Washington Post — International travel to the United States began to return in full force as of Nov. 8 when the White House lifted pandemic restrictions that had kept people from dozens of countries from entering. Now that citizens from European,...
Source: Nasdaq — There’s a reason so many people clamored to buy homes in 2020 and rushed to refinance their mortgages. For much of last year, mortgage rates sat at or near historic lows, with the 30-year mortgage being available at under 3%. But rates...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 3-7
