by | Mar 5, 2025 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
As your client’s guide to the process leading to homeownership, it’s your responsibility to make sure they know what they’re getting into from a financial perspective. First-time buyers could not know all the expenses that go along with owning a property. Obvious ones...
by | Mar 5, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Rate Mortgage has appointed Shant Banosian, the nation’s top-producing loan officer for six straight years, as its new president, the company announced Wednesday. Banosian will work alongside Victor Ciardelli, who continues as president and CEO of all 15 Rate...
by Beth McGuire | Mar 5, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Following a run of home purchase application declines in recent weeks, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is reporting a surge in these as well as refinance applications following a plunge in the average mortgage rate that resulted from a host of recent market...
by | Mar 5, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Black housing wealth has seen an increase from 2015 to 2022 in spite of home values that are lower on average, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. The report found that the Black homeownership rate saw a rise from 41.2% to 44.3% from 2015 to 2022,...
by | Mar 5, 2025 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Ahead of a spring market that appears to be skewing from trends seen over the last couple years, brokers are bracing for significant obstacles that stand to challenge buyers, with few easy solutions. RISMedia’s latest Broker Confidence Index (BCI) found that,...
by | Mar 4, 2025 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
In a recent analysis, real estate economist Ken Johnson, who serves as the Christie Kirkland Walker real estate chair at the University of Mississippi, reports that the average home price is being sold at a significant premium. Using 25 years of data from Zillow...