The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced its picks for the 10 Top Housing Hot Spots 2025. This year’s list was compiled based on 10 factors: 1) Share of locked-in homeowners; 2) Average mortgage rate; 3) Job growth; 4) Share of millennial renters who can...
Mortgage rates continued to decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.60% as of Dec. 12, down from last week when it averaged 6.69%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
A total of 74,618 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped in the third quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This accounted for 7.2%, or one of every 14 home sales, during that period. The third quarter total is down slightly from 7.6% of all sales in...
The median nationwide asking rent fell 0.7% year-over-year to $1,595 last month, according to data from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN). On a month-over-month measurement, rents were down by 1.1%. The median rent is now 6.2% lower than when it hit an all-time high of $1,700 in...
The majority of Americans ages 50 and older want to remain in their current homes as they age, but nearly half expect to relocate due to rising housing costs, according to AARP’s 2024 Home and Community Preferences Survey. The new survey polled 3,090 adults from...
UWM Gives Underwriters Bigger Role in New Underwriting+ Program
