Mortgage rates continued to slide in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.76% as of May 1, down from last week when it averaged 6.81%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 7.22%....
Mortgage application activity weakened during the week ending April 25, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 4.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis from...
Mortgage rates lapsed into a mild decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.81% as of April 24, down from last week when it averaged 6.83%. A year ago at this time, it...
Mortgage application activity dropped during the week ending April 18, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 12.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis from...
To thrive – or simply survive – in one of the most challenging housing markets in more than half a century, mortgage lenders have turned to creative solutions to attract buyers – creativity that real estate agents might leverage to sell more homes....
The total number of mortgages now in forbearance dipped by 2 basis points from 0.38% of servicers’ portfolio volume in February to 0.36% by the end of March, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), which estimated 180,000 homeowners are in...