The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) closed 2023 on the upswing with a 2.9-point rise in December to 67.2. The year-end increase was attributed to a spike in the number of consumers expecting mortgage rates to go down over the next 12...
Mortgage rates held steady in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.62% as of Jan. 4, up slightly from last week when it averaged 6.61%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.48%....
The final Primary Mortgage Market Survey published in 2023 by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) showed mortgage rates ringing out the year in a continued descent. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.61% as of Dec. 28, down from last week when it averaged 6.67%. A year...
Mortgage rates continued to leave the 7% in the rearview mirror, according to Freddie Mac’s (OTCQB: FMCC) latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.67% as of Dec. 21, down from last week when it averaged 6.95%. A year ago...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a number of forecasts about where the U.S. economy in general – and the housing market, in particular – will be heading in 2024. There are a few easy predictions that I can make. For starters, I can...