A trade association leader takes aim at Washington, a regulator tries to blame her bad judgment on reporters and an Alabama city with a troubled past displays a glorious present. Looking into the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for...
Mortgage rates were soaring again in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.57% as of May 25, up from last week when it averaged 6.39%. Â A year ago at this time, the rate averaged 5.10%. The...
A combination of ongoing financial stress and new jitters over the debt ceiling talks helped to scare aware potential mortgage borrowers. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit took aim and fired an angry volley at politicians and regulators that he said were trying to burden the mortgage banking industry with a new round of onerous regulation. Speaking today at the trade group’s...
Mortgage applications for new home purchases were up by 4.1% in April from one year ago but were down 11% from March, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA estimated that new single-family home sales were running at a seasonally...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
