Mortgage rates started 2026 on with a mild uptick, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 6.16% as of Jan. 8, up slightly from last week when it averaged 6.15%. A year ago at this time, it...
Homes were less affordable than historical averages in almost every county with sufficient data to analyze for the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a new report from ATTOM. Out of the 594 counties analyzed for the report, 99% (586) of the counties had...
Mortgage credit availability ended 2025 on a down note, according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MCAI dropped by 2.6% to 104.7 in December; the index was benchmarked to 100 in March 2012. The...
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has called on President Trump to declare a national housing emergency while introducing a new bill that would grant him executive power to increase home construction production. In an interview with MS Now, Slotkin said that her National...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is predicting an uptick in the construction of single-family housing and a greater increase in home remodeling for the next 12 months. “While mindful of some weakening for the labor market, the economy remains in solid...
Hurricane Isaias Strikes Florida Panhandle as $71.8 Billion in Commercial P…
