Longtime mortgage industry executive Frank Pallotta has set up an exploratory committee to consider a run for New Jersey’s 39th Legislative District Assembly seat. Pallotta is considering a potential challenge to incumbent Assemblyman Robert Auth for the Republican...
Mortgage rates continued their upward climb in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.72% as of Oct. 31, up from last week when it averaged 6.54%. A year ago at this time, it...
The Aug. 17 rule change by National Association of Realtors (NAR) on commissions appears to have minimal impact on how buyer’s agents are paid. According to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN), the average buyer’s agent commission for homes sold in October was...
While current mortgage rates are in the vicinity of 7%, roughly half (45%) of recent homebuyers secured a mortgage with a rate below 5%, according to data from Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG). More than one-third (35%) of these recent buyers were able to get a lower rate...
Roughly 1.4 million residential properties were vacant in the fourth quarter, representing 1.3% or one in 77 homes, according to the latest Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report from ATTOM. This level is nearly the same as the third quarter and is up just...
Westcliff, a Montreal-based real estate development and management company, has completed its acquisition of the Champlain Place mall in Dieppe, New Brunswick. Located on a 60-acre site, the 784,372-square-foot Champlain Place is the largest shopping center in New...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 11-15
