by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 9, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, News |
Editor’s Note: This was originally published on RISMedia’s blog, Housecall. See what else is cookin’ now at blog.rismedia.com: A Comprehensive List of Fictional Real Estate Agents Exploring America’s Neighborhoods: Northeast, Minneapolis, Minn....
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 6, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage rates keep treading down, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dipping for the third week in a row toward the lowest it has been this year, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The 30-year fixed...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 5, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Home prices nationally kept on the upswing in February, rising 1 percent month-over-month and 7 percent year-over-year, according to CoreLogic®’s recent Home Price Index (HPI™). The HPI Forecast™ projects prices to rise 0.4 percent in March and 4.7 percent by...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 5, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The average time it takes millennial mortgage borrowers to close a loan tapered off to 44 days in February, the shortest time period since March 2016, according to Ellie Mae®’s recently released Millennial Tracker™, a measure of millennial mortgage applications....
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 4, 2017 | Advice, Buying/Selling, Buying/Selling, Consumer, For Your Clients, Latest News, News |
There are many benefits to trading up to a home with more square footage, especially for growing families—but with more house comes more cost, and, as a recent analysis by Zillow reveals, it can vary by location. Trade-up homeowners can expect to spend an average $447...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 3, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage lenders have never felt more optimistic about the economy than they do now—an outlook that could come with more relaxed standards for homebuyers, who continue to contend with tight conditions as the spring home-buying season gets underway. The share of...