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...
Banc of California Inc. (NYSE: BANC) and PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ: PACW) have signed a definitive agreement to enact an all-stock merger transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, PacWest will merge into Banc of California, and Banc of California, N.A. will merge...
Housing’s New Divide Isn’t Just About Income. It’s About …
