Mortgage Industry News
Mortgage Application Activity Slows Down
The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 5.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. Continue Reading Mortgage Application Activity Slows Down
Single-Family Housing Starts Down 2.1%
Single-family housing completions in April were at a rate of 943,000, down 8% from the revised March rate of 1.02 million. Continue Reading Single-Family Housing Starts Down 2.1%
Tech Trends: How Zillow is Using Artificial Intelligence
An overview of how Zillow is utilizing artificial intelligence. Continue Reading Tech Trends: How Zillow is Using Artificial Intelligence
Mortgage Rates Plunge to Lowest Level in Over a Year
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.47% as of Aug. 8. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Plunge to Lowest Level in Over a Year
Mortgage Application Activity Up by 7%
The adjustable-rate mortgage share of activity increased to 6.3% of total applications. Continue Reading Mortgage Application Activity Up by 7%
A LOOK AHEAD FOR THE US LUXURY REAL-ESTATE MARKET
Source: International Banker --- Many market predictions come out at the start of a new year, and if the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that the crystal ball of real estate is never crystal clear. Still, with 2022 well underway, we can confidently...
Panicked Over Rising Interest Rates? How Homebuyers Can Still Get a Great Mortgage Today
Source: Realtor --- This real estate market is unlike anything we have ever seen before. With too few homes for too many buyers, bidding wars are common, driving up prices. Adding to the pressure, mortgage interest rates have shot up, and just crossed the 4% threshold...
No Stopping This Train
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Technology has been uniquely poised for more than 15 years to transform the time-consuming and paper-centric process of closing a mortgage, but it’s taken a major event — a global pandemic — that requires physical distancing to really get...
The Fed makes its move – and more rate hikes are coming
Source: Housing Wire --- The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday raised the federal funds rate for the first time in four years, marking an end to the easy money that gave rise to the hottest mortgage market in U.S. history. The FOMC, as was predicted, raised...
Mortgage stress set to rise with interest rates and recent home buyers will be hit hardest
Source: ABC --- Interest rates are already rising in many countries and are almost certain to rise in Australia sometime this year. But how prepared are heavily indebted households, especially those who just paid top dollar for a home in the past couple of years? Up...
A resurgence for adjustable mortgages
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record --- Adjustable-rate mortgages are back. “Buyers are addicted to the lower interest rates. You can get between a half and a full point for a five- to seven-year ARM,” said John Adams, area manager of loanDepot Jacksonville’s offices....
Building Blocks: The 10 Cheapest Cities in America To Buy a Newly Constructed Home
Source: Realtor --- Buyers have always paid dearly for the privilege of buying a newly built home. From custom countertops to increased energy efficiency, to that oh, so seductive new-home smell, the benefits aren’t tough to discern. Younger buyers these days largely...
Housing inventory in Dallas area sinks from bad to worse, homes getting ‘upwards of 50 offers’
Source: WFAA --- DALLAS — The supply of houses in the Dallas area has sunk from bad to worse for buyers, with market inventory decreasing by more than half year over year. The decrease of 53.3% locally in January is more than three times the national average...
How Fed’s first rate hike in more than 3 years will affect credit card, mortgage, savings rates
Source: USA Today --- Consumer borrowing costs are headed higher. Much higher. With the Federal Reserve set to raise its key short-term interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, Americans will soon see higher rates on everything from credit cards to...
Austin Home Prices Have Risen $116,000 in the Last Year, Roughly the Cost of Two Teslas
Source: Housing Wire --- A homebuyer today could purchase the typical Austin home for $485,000. But if they could go back in time to January 2021, they could have bought a home and two Teslas for the same price. Put another way, someone could purchase both a Tesla...
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