State legislatures fighting against property taxes, a California restaurant chain closing eateries and a stock market for Texas. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of June 3-7. Hit: Saying No to New Taxes. The...
U.S. homeowners with mortgages saw their home equity increase by 9.6% year-over-year during the first quarter, according to data from CoreLogic. This represents a collective gain of $1.5 trillion and an average increase of $28,000 per borrower from one year earlier,...
The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) sank to an all-time low in May with a 2.5-point drop to 69.4. Last month, only 14% of consumers polled for the survey felt this is a good time to buy a home, down from 20% in the previous month, while...
Mortgage rates dipped in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.99% as of June 6, down from last week when it averaged 7.03%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.71%. The 15-year...
The first quarter of 2024 saw the lowest level of home mortgage lending since 2000, according to new data from ATTOM. A total of 1.28 million mortgages secured by residential property were issued in the first three months of the year, down 6.8% from the previous...
Howard Amster Discloses 9% Stake in Redwood Trust as Sale Pressure Builds
