Roughly three in 10 homebuyers (28.8%) in March eschewed mortgage financing to pay for residential properties with all-cash transactions. According to a data report from Redfin, that share was down from 29.8% one year before and tied with 2021 for the lowest March...
Mortgage application activity was lethargic during the week ending May 22, fueled primarily by a pullback in refinancing, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
The national mortgage delinquency rate in April was 3.35%, mostly unchanged from March but up 4.17% from one year earlier, according to data from Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE). Serious delinquencies declined seasonally in April for the second month in a...
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) will begin writing mortgages for homes built with technology from Icon, the leading 3D residential construction company. Icon has previously worked with the lender’s philanthropic arm, the Wells Fargo Foundation, for the financing of...
Mortgage rates rose to their highest level since August, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.51% as of May 21, up from last week when it averaged 6.36%. A year ago at this...
Southern Land Company (SLC), the Nashville-headquartered real estate developer, has launched SLC Lending, an in-house mortgage division. SLC Lending will initially launch in core markets where the parent company has established master-planned and single-family home...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 22-26
