Mortgage rates declined for the second consecutive week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.65% as of Aug. 20, down from last week when it averaged 6.67%. A year ago at...
A new data report from ATTOM has determined that 41.1% of mortgaged residential properties in the second quarter were equity-rich, down from 43.3% in the first quarter and from 47.4% in the second quarter of 2025. After four straight quarters of decline, the national...
Mortgage applications for new home purchases during July were down by 1% from the prior month and down 5.7% from one year before, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA estimated new single-family home sales were running at a...
Nationwide home sales during July were down 5.7% from the previous month but were 2.5% higher than one year earlier, according to the REMAX National Housing Report. In the 46 metro areas surveyed for the report, new listings last month were down 2.7% from June but...
The number crunchers at WalletHub are back with a new data analysis, this time with a ranking of the Best Real Estate Markets in 2026. For this report, WalletHub compared 300 cities across 17 key metrics including median home price appreciation, housing affordability,...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
