Mortgage rates remained at the mid-6% mark in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.66% as of Jan. 11, slightly up from last week when it averaged 6.62%. A year ago at this time, it...
Foreclosure filings were reported on 357,062 residential properties in 2023, according to a new report from ATTOM. This represents a 10% increase from 2022 and a 136% spike from 2021, but it was also down by 28% from pre-pandemic 2019 and down by 88% from the 2010...
NRL Mortgage has partnered with the fintech Calque to launch The Trade-In Mortgage in 45 states. According to the companies, The Trade-In Mortgage enables homeowners to leverage their home equity to purchase a new home before selling their current one. By working with...
The new year began on a positive note for the mortgage space, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week ending Jan. 5. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, jumped by 9.9% on a seasonally...
Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate has enhanced its RateReduce offering to include RateReduce Sell, a program designed to help real estate agents facing a challenging home sales market. According to the company, RateReduce Sell provides real estate agents the...
Two New York men were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford, Connecticut, for perpetrating a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme. According to the charges brought against them, Jacob Deutsch and Aron Deutsch worked at B H Property Management LLC...
America’s Debt Crisis: The Numbers Are Screaming. Are We Listening?
