Lafayette, Indiana, held the top spot in the latest Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index. The newly-released second quarter results were a triumph for Midwest markets that occupied the top 10 rankings, with Indiana occupying the top three...
The latest housing market statistics showed a drop in home sales last month and a lower level of mortgage application activity last week. Sales of new single‐family houses in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 697,000, according to estimates published...
There is more unpleasant real estate news from San Francisco – according to Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN), luxury home prices in San Francisco are falling faster than anywhere else in the nation. The median sale price of luxury homes in San Francisco plummeted by 12.7%...
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) published its Home Equity Lending Study for the first time since 2020 and determined originations of open-ended Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) and closed-end home equity loans were up 50% in 2022 compared to two years...
Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate introduced OneDown, a mortgage product that features down payment options as low as 1% plus an additional 2% contribution towards that down payment. OneDown also offers borrowers a $1,000 contribution toward lender fees. The...
The Los Angeles-area home that was the retirement residence for legendary funnyman Bud Abbott sold for $1.25 million. The 0.27-acre property in Woodland Hills, California, features a three-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,286-square-foot home built in 1956, along with a...