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Mortgage Application Activity Down While Home Prices Continue to Rise

Mortgage Application Activity Down While Home Prices Continue to Rise

by Phil Hall | May 6, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage application activity slowed during the week ending May 1, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 4.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one...
New Home Sales Surged 7.4% in March

New Home Sales Surged 7.4% in March

by Phil Hall | May 5, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Sales of new single-family houses in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 682,000, according to estimates released by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The activity for March was 7.4% above the February rate of...
Report: Home Prices Inched Up 0.4% in March

Report: Home Prices Inched Up 0.4% in March

by Phil Hall | May 5, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Single-family home prices during March were up by 0.4% on both a month-over-month and year-over-year measurement, according to a data report from Cotality. Among states, Illinois saw the most annual growth in March, increasing by 5.7%. It was followed by New Jersey...
Survey: One-Third of Respondents Believed a Perfect Credit Score is Needed for a Mortgage

Survey: One-Third of Respondents Believed a Perfect Credit Score is Needed for a Mortgage

by Phil Hall | May 4, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A new survey released by Veterans United Home Loans has discovered a rather considerable amount of incorrect assumptions by prospective homebuyers when it comes to acquiring a property. More than one-third of respondents (34%) were under the impression that they...
Mortgage Rates Take Another Upturn

Mortgage Rates Take Another Upturn

by Phil Hall | Apr 30, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

After three consecutive weeks of declines, mortgage rates took an upturn in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.30% as of April 30, up from last week when it averaged 6.23%. A...
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