Mortgage rates registered a decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.02% as of May 16, down from last week when it averaged 7.09%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.39%. The...
Mortgage applications activity recorded a very mild upswing last week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s of mortgage loan application volume, increased by 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the...
High-profile real estate investor Grant Cardone is taking President Biden to task for his proposed tax credit for first-time homebuyers. In an X posting, Cardone questioned the logic behind the $5,000 tax credit for two years, arguing that it is near-worthless in...
Portland-based Vision Mortgage Group has launched Legacy Builder, a proprietary loan program aimed at first-generation, first-time homebuyers. According to the company, the program features a 1% down payment and 2% grant down payment assistance. Borrowers do not have...
Rocket Mortgage LLC, a division of Detroit-headquartered Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT), has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to resolve allegations that the company denied a mortgage loan application because the...
Enthusiasm for vacation homes waned during 2023, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). Last year, homebuyers took out 90,772 mortgages for second homes in 2023, down 40% from a year earlier and down 65% from the pandemic housing boom’s 2021 peak. In...
