I keep hearing some version of the same conversation in housing. When the Fed finally gets rates down, buyers will come back. Mortgage rates will improve. Transactions will pick up. Maybe we can finally get this market moving again. I understand why people think that...
The old saying that “a man’s home is his castle” has a special resonance for Mark Zuckerberg – his newest residential property is a castle built in 1830. The Irish Examiner reports the Meta (NASDAQ: META) chieftain and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have acquired...
The Atlanta-based fintech Knock announced the expansion of its Knock Bridge Loan to Texas. According to the company, the product can pay off the homeowner’s current mortgage and release the equity locked up in their old home, thus eliminating their monthly mortgage...
Mortgage rates declined for the second consecutive week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.65% as of Aug. 20, down from last week when it averaged 6.67%. A year ago at...
A new data report from ATTOM has determined that 41.1% of mortgaged residential properties in the second quarter were equity-rich, down from 43.3% in the first quarter and from 47.4% in the second quarter of 2025. After four straight quarters of decline, the national...
A total of 7,512 existing home sales were recorded in Wisconsin during July, an 8.1% year-over-year upswing. According to data from the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA), the strong demand for homes resulted in a slight reduction in months of inventory, which...
