Americans were not rushing to fill out mortgage applications last week. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 3.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending May 26 compared to...
A coalition of 18 Republican governors called on the Biden administration to reverse the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) changes to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan level pricing adjustment (LLPA) structure for borrowers seeking a mortgage. “The new LLPA...
Property acquisitions by real estate investors during the first quarter were down by 48.6% from one year ago, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This marks the largest annual decline on record, and outpaced the 40.7% drop in overall home purchases in the...
Too many Americans who recently bought homes are having some regrets over their new purchase – 93%, to be precise, according to a survey released by Clever Real Estate. In a nationwide poll of buyers who acquired homes between 2021 and 2023, more than half (56%) said...
SouthState Bank has unveiled the Opportunity Advantage Loan Fund, a new mortgage option that is designed to help qualified low-to-moderate income (LMI) borrowers achieve homeownership. The Opportunity Advantage Loan Fund is available for LMI homebuyers in Alabama,...
American homeowners did not receive a vote of confidence from Elon Musk, who predicted the nation’s home values will be collapsing sooner rather than later. The Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) chieftain offered his doom-and-gloom prophecy on Twitter in response to comments made...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 11-15
