by | Jan 10, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
After a two-week period of decreases over the recent holiday season, mortgage applications increased 9.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Jan. 5, 2024. This...
by | Jan 5, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The U.S. added 216,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%, according to the latest Employment Situation Summary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Along with the unemployment rate, the number of unemployed persons was unchanged at...
by | Dec 21, 2023 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continued its fall below 7% this week, averaging 6.67% this week, down from the previous week’s dip to 6.95%, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers: The...
by | Dec 21, 2023 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. declined by 0.5% in November to 103, following a decline of 1% in October. The LEI contracted by 3.5% over the six-month period between May and November 2023, a smaller decrease than its 4.3% contraction...
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...