by Beth McGuire | Dec 22, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Renting has traditionally been thought of as an intermediate stage to homeowning, where a renter saves up before they’re ready to commit to buying a permanent (and more expensive) house. However, the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University’s...
by Beth McGuire | Dec 19, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage rates reversed course this week after several weeks of declines, but continue to make small moves around the mid- to upper sixes. This week the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.72%, up from last week’s average of 6.60%, according to the latest...
by Beth McGuire | Dec 19, 2024 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Luxury, National, News, Premier, Social Media, Teams, Tech |
Ask any real estate or mortgage professional what housing has been like in 2024, and the answer is likely chaotic. Ask consumers the same question, and they’ll probably sum it up in one word: unaffordable. A continued trend of higher-for-longer mortgage rates will...
by Beth McGuire | Dec 18, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
After five straight weeks of steady increases, mortgage applications decreased this week, along with refinance activity following a surge last week, after the first increase in mortgage rates in several weeks as well. Here’s what the Mortgage Bankers Association...
by Beth McGuire | Dec 16, 2024 | Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Above, Dan and Jill Peterson Jill and Dan Petersen married in 1995, when he was in grad school, and she worked in corporate sales. “We were on our own, dirt-poor, and relatively new to Atlanta,’ Jill said. “For some reason, I was drawn to real estate, and I started...