Mortgage rates continued to decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.35% as of Aug. 29, down from last week when it averaged 6.46%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Pending home sales sank during July, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), NAR’s a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, dropped by 5.5% to 70.2 in July, the lowest...
The monthly housing payment for the typical starter home that sold in July was $1,981, up 4.4% from one year earlier, according to a new data report from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN). To afford a typical starter home, buyers must earn $79,252 annually, also up 4.4%...
A total of 1.62 million residential mortgages were issued during the second quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This represents a 23.2% increase from the first quarter but a 1.6% drop from the second quarter of 2023. Purchase loan activity was up by 32.7%...
Calque, an Austin-headquartered fintech, has debuted the Contingency Buster, its newest “buy before you sell” program. According to the company, the Contingency Buster is designed for homeowners who want to quickly remove home sale contingencies and debt-to-income...
Allstate has been approved for the largest rate increase in California of any major insurer in the past three years. California’s Department of Insurance has approved Allstate’s request to jack up its home insurance rates by an average of 34.1% for its approximately...
