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Home prices rose by more than 20% year-over-year in March

Home prices rose by more than 20% year-over-year in March

Source: CNN ---  (CNN)US home prices continued to surge higher in March, as buyers raced to lock in homes before the average mortgage rate hit 5%. Home prices rose 20.6% in March from the year before, an even higher rate than the 20% growth seen in February, according...

Even as rates go down, affordability remains a problem

Even as rates go down, affordability remains a problem

Source: Business Insider --- Mortgage rates continue to hold steady around 5%. Rates have been inching down for the past few weeks after hitting a peak of 5.3% in the second week of May. Even though rates are softening slightly, they're still having an impact on...

Here’s what you need to know about reverse mortgages

Here’s what you need to know about reverse mortgages

Source: CNBC --- With the stock market getting volatile but the housing market still hot, reverse mortgages have become a more attractive tool for older Americans who need cash for retirement but want to stay in their homes. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loan volume...

Big Shift in Housing Numbers. Scary or Welcome?

Big Shift in Housing Numbers. Scary or Welcome?

Source: Mortgage News Daily --- The housing market has been keeping its head down, keeping calm, and carrying on in the face of the biggest rate spike since the 1980s.  The ability to tune out rising rates is nothing new for home prices, as discussed a few weeks...

US mortgage rates see biggest fall for over two years

US mortgage rates see biggest fall for over two years

Source: MPA --- US mortgage rates posted the biggest drop in more than two years, offering homebuyers a slight reprieve from this year’s massive surge in borrowing costs. The average for a 30-year loan declined to 5.10% from 5.25% last week, Freddie Mac said in a...