Mortgage application activity improved slightly during the week ending June 20 thanks to an uptick in refinancing, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
Rocket Mortgage, a division of Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), announced the addition of bridge loans to its product offerings. According to a statement from the Detroit-headquartered company, the new product “allows current homeowners to use equity to compete...
Apex Commercial Exchange (ACE) has launched its new platform for commercial real estate auctions. According to the New York City-based ACE, the new platform enables brokers and owners to build fully customized asset pages, securely host diligence materials, generate...
A 66-unit multifamily apartment community in the affluent New York City suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut, has been sold for $20.7 million. The sale of Putnam Green, which was built in 1976, is the largest multifamily transaction in Greenwich since 2012. The sale...
Vice President JD Vance is questioning whether Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stopped lowering interest rates because returned to the presidency. In a posting on X, Vance wrote: “I’d love to hear an argument for why Powell cut rates 50 points right before an...
Elon Musk is no longer in Washington, DC, but the job-slashing impact of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has a lingering impact on the local housing market. A new data report from Bright MLS found over half (54%) of DC-area agents reported federal...
