The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped below the 7% mark in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The product averaged 6.95% as of Dec. 14. Last week, was at 7.03%, and one year ago at this time it averaged 6.31%. The...
A total of 72,543 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped in the third quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This represented 7.2% of home sales, or one of every 14 transactions – down from 7.9% during the second quarter and from 7.7% in the third...
Two home loan lenders – Georgetown, Texas-based Thrive Mortgage LLC and Columbus, Ohio-based Lower LLC – have announced the merger of their brands, Thrive Mortgage and Lower.com. Thrive CEO Selene Kellam and Randell Gillespie, production head for Thrive Mortgage, will...
The real estate investment firm FCP has invested $22 million in preferred equity to finance two multifamily transactions in the Southeast. FCP is funding the development of Arris NoDa, a 276-unit, four-story, garden-style property in Charlotte, North Carolina, with...
The central banks for the U.K. and European Union mirrored the example of their American counterparts and kept their respective interest rates unchanged. The Bank of England maintained its 5.25% rate, which is a 15-year high. Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of...
Stairs Financial, a start-up mortgage marketplace platform aimed at first-time buyers, has launched with a $3.5 million funding round. Stairs Financial was founded by Malcolm-Wiley Floyd and Scott Fritz, who met as roommates at Harvard. The platform is designed to...
