Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE:TOL) has announced the start of construction on its latest single-family home community, Toll Brothers at Pomona – Orchard Collection, in the Pomona master plan in Manvel, Texas. The new community is located in a gated section of the master...
Mortgage rates held steady in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.62% as of Jan. 4, up slightly from last week when it averaged 6.61%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.48%....
A vacant Seattle office property has been acquired for conversion into multifamily housing. Stream Real Estate, a Seattle-based developer and investor, has paid $7 million for Queen Anne Plaza, a four-story office building. The Seattle Times reported the company plans...
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z, ZG) has released its rankings of the hottest housing markets for 2024, with the lower-cost markets of the Great Lakes, Midwest and South the list. In a study of the nation’s 50 most populous metros, Zillow chose Buffalo, New York as the year’s...
The median U.S. mortgage payment during the four weeks ending Dec. 31 was $2,361, according to data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This represents a $372 decline (-14%) from October’s all-time high to the lowest level in nearly a year. As payment levels decline, buyer...
Mortgage application activity for the last two weeks of 2023 was down, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week ending Dec. 29. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 9.4% on a...
HUD Updates 14 FHA Policies in Move to Improve Affordability
