by | Aug 2, 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. – The Federal Reserve announced that they are continuing to keep rates steady and are again making no changes at...
by | Aug 2, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July, below the average monthly gain of 215,000 over the prior 12 months, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Markets reacted negatively to the news, with all three domestic indices down over 2% at around...
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...