Financing Mortgage Applications Increased 26% Last Week Mortgage application volume jumped 26.8% last week compared to a week earlier, as consumers jumped to take advantage of the lowest mortgage...
Financing The New Face of Risky Borrowing Risky borrowing is making a comeback, but this time traditional banks are out of the picture. The New York Times reports that funds have...
Financing How Does Real Estate Drive Your State’s Economy? The National Association of Realtors analyzed the amount of revenue generated by a real estate transactions across U.S. states. NAR...
Economics How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Is Affecting Housing John Burns Real Estate Consulting reports that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will likely benefit the majority of homeowners and renters. ...
Financing Falling Mortgage Rates Might Not Help Homebuyers Mortgage rates continued to decline last week, but Realtor.com reports that inaccurate perceptions of mortgage requirements may be...
Financing Exurb Single-Family Market Share Sees Steady Growth The National Association of Home Builders reports that the single-family market share for exurbs has seen steady growth since 2011. The...
Financing Lower Interest Rates Could Spell Higher Home Prices If the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates this year as expected, the subsequent decrease in mortgage rates could increase homebuyer...
Financing Lawmakers Take Steps to Protect Against Rising Rents As rent continues to increase in cities across the country, some lawmakers are taking steps to protect tenants, according to Realtor.com. ...
Financing Falling Mortgage Rates Don’t Impress Homebuyers Low mortgage rates drove application volume to increase 1.5% last week from the previous week, but the gains were driven by refinances,...
Financing Nearly 6 Million Borrowers Could Benefit From Refinancing A recent sharp decrease in mortgage rates means that about 5.9 million borrowers could see their rates drop by at least 75 basis points...