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Mortgage Application Activity Up 12.5%
The Refinance Index increased 16% from the previous week and was 28% higher than the same week one year ago. Continue Reading Mortgage Application Activity Up 12.5%
Canada’s RARE Real Estate Expands Into US Market
The company became a household name through the Amazon Prime series “Luxe Listings Toronto.” Continue Reading Canada’s RARE Real Estate Expands Into US Market
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New Initiative to Provide Prefab Homes to Los Angeles Wildfire Survivors
Steadfast LA did not state how many homes will be made available or when they will first be delivered. Continue Reading New Initiative to Provide Prefab Homes to Los Angeles Wildfire Survivors
Existing Home Sales Down by Nearly 5%
First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in January, down from 31% in December 2024 and identical to January 2024. Continue Reading Existing Home Sales Down by Nearly 5%
The Most Expensive US Home Listing Is…
The most expensive home sale in January was a Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City. Continue Reading The Most Expensive US Home Listing Is…
What Buyers Need To Consider in The Current Housing Market
Source: WRAL News --- The winds have turned on the US housing market. Sellers listed 24% fewer homes in October compared to 2021, according to data from Zillow. Fewer people are buying houses though, sales dropping 17% below the pre-pandemic estimates in 2019. After...
2022 marked the end of cheap mortgages and now the housing market has turned icy cold
Source: NPR --- Evan Paul and his wife entered 2022 thinking it would be the year they would finally buy a home. The couple — both scientists in the biotech industry — were ready to put roots down in Boston. "We just kind of got to that place in our lives where we...
What the Fed’s December rate hike means for homebuyers and sellers
Source: Fortune --- The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the seventh consecutive time this year. This time, though, the hike is smaller: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced a half-point increase in the federal funds rate Dec. 14, which is down from the...
2022 marked the end of cheap mortgages and now the housing market has turned icy cold
Source: NPR --- Evan Paul and his wife entered 2022 thinking it would be the year they would finally buy a home. The couple — both scientists in the biotech industry — were ready to put roots down in Boston. "We just kind of got to that place in our lives where we...
2022 – What just happened?
Source: MPA Mag --- How would you sum up the year in a paragraph, or even in one sentence? And what’s your outlook for 2023? How will high rates impact your business? These are just a few of the questions Mortgage Professional America (MPA) posed to mortgage experts...
Trump’s Billionaire Neighbor Warned The Economy Was In An ‘Omnibubble,’ He Was Right
Source: Yahoo! Life --- According to Jeff Greene, who turned a $50 million investment into $500 million in 2008 by purchasing credit default swaps on bonds backed by subprime mortgages as the housing bubble burst, the economy is currently experiencing a new asset...
5 US Real Estate Predictions for 2023
Source: The Street --- Shakespeare had it right when he said, “I’ll give a thousand furlongs of open sea for an acre of barren ground.” U.S. homebuyers know exactly where the Bard of Avon was coming from on the real estate front. In 2022, many buyers were locked out...
Home buyers get some relief as mortgage rates come off 7% highs
Source: Los Angeles Times --- In October, mortgage interest rates topped 7% for the first time in two decades, the latest milestone reached this year amid a surge in borrowing costs. But potential home buyers may have noticed something different recently: Rates are...
Mortgage rates fall for the sixth week in a row
Source: Yahoo! News --- Mortgage rates dropped for the sixth straight week, but housing activity remained muted going into the holidays. The rate for the average 30-year fixed mortgage slipped to 6.27% from 6.31% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac. Rates have...
Housing Market Supply Is Keeping Prices From Crashing
Source: Newsweek --- Housing inventory in the U.S. decreased between October and November this year, underscoring a housing shortage that some experts believe is helping to keep soaring prices from dramatically plummeting. The National Association of Realtors (NAR)...
