by | Jan 31, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, Marketing, National, News |
Bright MLS has announced that its “Open Housing Marketplace” campaign, designed to increase awareness about a fair housing market, has been selected as a two-category winner (Responsible Technology and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) in the 3rd Annual...
by | Jan 31, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
At 21% of the current U.S. population, older Gen Zers (ages 18-27) are making their way into the world. With inflation slowing and the housing market seeing a correction, this generation is about ready to take their first steps into homebuying. However, despite better...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 31, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 27 to decide whether a New York state law that requires mortgage lenders to pay homeowners interest earned on mortgage escrow accounts should be enforced. That’s according to Supreme Court docket files and...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 31, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage industry analysts have been watching and waiting to see what the Federal Reserve will do—or say—next about rate cuts. They’re hedging their bets that the Fed will cut rates this year and, as an indirect result, mortgage rates will fall, too, and help revive...
by | Jan 31, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Rental markets are beginning to “soften,” and rent growth has nearly come to a halt after historically high increases in 2021 and 2022, according to the 2024 America’s Rental Housing report led and presented by Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, a senior research associate at...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 31, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
While mortgage rates still hovering in the mid-sixes fluctuated little this past week, mortgage applications decreased 7.2% from one week earlier, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week...