by | Dec 20, 2023 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Following a strong seven-week stretch of increases, mortgage applications fell 1.5% this week, down from last week’s 7.4% rise, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week ending December 15,...
by | Dec 15, 2023 | 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. The Fed decided not to make any changes in interest rates again this month, citing not enough evidence as they did...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Despite broker sentiment hitting a yearly low in November—at exactly the same time as it did last year—there are larger signs of positive changes in the housing market, according to RISMedia’s latest Broker Confidence Index (BCI) survey of real estate business...
by | Dec 13, 2023 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Interest rates will remain unchanged for the second month in a row, according to the latest press conference from the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Following no change in rates in November, the Fed found that recent economic signs—such as a...
by | Dec 12, 2023 | Consumer, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Inflation saw a small rise again in November, following no changes in October. After the recent pause in rate hikes from the Fed, this reading is in line with economist predictions that the Fed could continue the pause, and possibly halt rate hikes altogether. The...
by | Dec 8, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, 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. –Freddie Mac announced a new down payment assistance push, standardizing and streamlining the process for borrowers to...