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Mortgage Rates Rise Ahead of Christmas
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.72% as of Dec. 19. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Rise Ahead of Christmas
CFPB: Mortgage Servicers Preying on Divorced and Widowed Borrowers
The CFPB report also noted that domestic violence survivors face additional problems with servicers. Continue Reading CFPB: Mortgage Servicers Preying on Divorced and Widowed Borrowers
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Mortgage Originations for Vacation Homes Down 40% in 2023
86% of second-home mortgages were issued last year to high-income buyers. Continue Reading Mortgage Originations for Vacation Homes Down 40% in 2023
FHLBank Cincinnati in New Endeavor Helping First-time Homebuyers
The program offers $25,000 grants to be used for down payment, closing costs or principal reduction assistance. Continue Reading FHLBank Cincinnati in New Endeavor Helping First-time Homebuyers
Mortgage Rates Down for First Time in Five Weeks
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% as of May 9. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Down for First Time in Five Weeks
Housing industry insider warns market seeing signs of a ‘real slowdown’
Source: Fox Business --- The National Association of Home Builders warned on Wednesday that soaring inflation and higher mortgage rates are slowing home sales, with CEO Jerry Howard calling the combination a "perfect storm." Howard told "Varney & Co." on Wednesday...
The Fed plans to ‘reset’ the housing market—raising the likelihood of falling home prices
Source: Fortune --- It’s not just about how expensive housing became—it’s how fast it got there. It only took 24 months for U.S. home prices to soar a staggering 37%. For comparison, the biggest two-year spike leading into the 2008 housing crash was 29%. Heading into...
Utah housing prices soar to new records, but is a buyer’s market coming?
Source: KUTV --- SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Housing prices along the Wasatch Front have soared to record levels yet again. New numbers from UtahRealEstate.com, provided to KUTV 2News by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, show the median sales price for a single-family home...
Housing Market Update: Share of Homes with Price Drops Reaches New High as Mortgage Rates Top 2008 Levels
Source: Redfin --- The highest share of sellers on record dropped their list price during the four weeks ending June 12 as mortgage rates shot up to levels not seen since 2008, dwindling the pool of home shoppers. Still, homebuying has never been more expensive. The...
Homebuilder sentiment drops to lowest level in two years as housing demand slows
Source: CNBC --- Sentiment among the nation’s homebuilders fell for the sixth straight month to the lowest level since June 2020, when the economy was grappling with shutdowns stemming from the Covid pandemic. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo...
What the Fed’s rate increase means for mortgages.
Source: New York Times --- What does the Fed’s decision to raise its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point mean for mortgages? [Here’s what the Fed’s decision means for credit cards, car loans and student loans.] Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages...
Mortgage Rates Drop Sharply After Fed Announcement
Source: Mortgage News Daily --- The pace of the spike in mortgage rates over the past several days has been nothing but staggering--especially considering it began when rates were already near their highest levels in more than a decade. From an average level of 5.55%...
Here’s what the Federal Reserve’s 0.75 percentage point rate hike — the highest in 28 years — means for you
Source: CNBC --- The Federal Reserve raised its target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage points, the largest increase in nearly three decades, at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday, in an effort to quell runaway inflation. “We at the Fed understand the...
The Fed plans to ‘reset’ the housing market—raising the likelihood of falling home prices
Source: Fortune --- It’s not just about how expensive housing became—it’s how fast it got there. It only took 24 months for U.S. home prices to soar a staggering 37%. For comparison, the biggest two-year spike leading into the 2008 housing crash was 29%. Heading into...
How High Can Mortgage Rates Go? We’re About To Find Out
Source: Realtor --- Homebuyers received yet another shock this week as mortgage interest rates shot up suddenly. Rates blew well past 6% in a blow to buyers struggling with record-high and ever-increasing home prices. The increases were in anticipation of the U.S....
