by | Aug 1, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Unsurprisingly, Federal Reserve (Fed) officials made the decision not to cut interest rates yesterday afternoon, despite indicators that the economy is slowing. Rates currently remain at an unchanged figure between 5.25% and 5.5%, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell...
by | Jul 26, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. -A rule to create more standards and quality controls for automated value models (AVMs) that are used in mortgages was...
by | Jul 26, 2024 | Consumer, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Consumers continued to keep their economic hopes in check in July, as sentiment readings continue to slowly decrease. Consumer sentiment fell 2.6% in July, from 68.2 in June to 66.4, according to the University of Michigan’s latest report. This is the fifth straight...
by | Jul 25, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) flattened this week, from last week’s average of 6.77% to a current average of 6.78%, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers: The 30-year FRM...
by | Jul 23, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
Interest rates may be seeing their first cut this fall, possibly even as soon as September, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Yun shared this prediction and more during NAR’s recent Residential Real Estate Forecast...
by | Jul 18, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) continued to decrease this week, from last week’s average of 6.89% to an average of 6.77% this week, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers: The...