The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has raised the conforming loan limit values for the one-unit mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will acquire in 2026 to $832,750, an increase of $26,250 from 2025. The increase is linked to the 3.26% house price increase...
Nearly 85,000 home sellers took their properties off the market in September, a 28% year-over-year increase and the highest delisting level for that month in eight years, according to a new report from Redfin. Nationwide, 5.5% of all home listings were taken off the...
Pending home sales in October were up by 1.9% from September and were down by a slight 0.4% from on year earlier, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). On a regional basis, month-over-month pending home sales were up in the Northeast,...
A total of 1,651 single-family existing home sales were recorded in Maine during October, a 10.73% increase from one year earlier. According to data from the Maine Association of Realtors, the median sales price for homes sold hit $426,000, up 7.85% from October 2024....
Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit is calling for a federal investigation into recent price increases for credit reporting products. In a post on LinkedIn, Broeksmit stated, “I was hoping it was April Fool’s Day, but it feels more like...
Oklahoma has become the latest state to experience an effort to eradicate property taxes. Oklahoma Voice reports paperwork was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State to launch an initiative petition that would let voters decide on the reduction and eventual...
