Financing Diminishing Mortgage-Interest Deductions Leave Housing Market Mostly Unscathed The mortgage-interest deduction, long seen as a boost to homeownership, was limited in the 2017 tax bill, but the housing market has...
Financing Mortgage Rates Hit Another Low The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 3.70% last week, but one-third of buyers are not doing the comparison shopping needed to take advantage...
Financing Housing Affordability Problems Move Inland From the Coasts America’s housing crunch is moving from big tech centers like San Francisco and New York into heartland metros, Bloomberg reports. What...
Financing Housing Affordability Reaches 18-Month High A combination of low mortgage rates and rising incomes have pushed housing affordability to its highest level in 18 months, according to...
Financing FHA to Limit Loan Sizes for Cash-Out Refinancing Starting Sept. 1, the Federal Housing Authority is expected to cap the loan amounts for cash-out refinancing at 80%, MarketWatch reports. ...
Financing Denver’s Median Home Price is Now Five Times More Than Income Median home prices in Denver are now five times higher than median income, well above the national average, the Denver Post reports. To...
Financing How Much More Home Can You Get With A Lower Mortgage Rate? Mortgage rates below 4%, compared to 4.57% a year ago, are allowing homebuyers to get more home for the same monthly payment, according to...
Affordability End of ‘Qualified Mortgage Patch’ Could Hurt Low-Income Buyers The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to let the “qualified mortgage patch,” a regulatory loophole that allows low-income buyers to...
Financing Home Prices Heat Up in Several Cities Home prices are heating up in several major U.S. cities, despite price increases slowing nationally, according to CNBC. Nationally, home...
Financing The 10 Best Markets for Finding a Discounted Home With a majority of U.S. homes selling below their original listing prices, HousingWire found the 10 markets with the best deals. The...