A new data analysis of 2024 home selling by Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) found that properties listed in the last two weeks of May sold for 1.6% more, a $5,600 boost on a typical home. Zillow attributed this bump to the traditional peak in search activity ahead of Memorial...
Mortgage application activity soared for the week ending Feb. 28 thanks largely to corybantic refinance activity, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume,...
The average annual property insurance premium among mortgaged single-family homes rose by a record $276 in 2024 to $2,290, a 14% year-over-year climb, according to a data report from Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE). Premiums are now up by 61% over the last...
Roughly 41,000 home purchase agreements were canceled in January, equal to 14.3% or one in seven homes that went under contract. According to a new data report from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN), last month’s cancelation rate was up from 13.4% in January 2024 and is the...
Mortgage rates continued to decline, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.76% as of Feb. 27, down from last week when it averaged 6.85%. A year ago at this time, it...
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