by Beth McGuire | Feb 22, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Following a drop to its lowest level in three decades by the end of last year, existing-home sales reversed course last month, rising 3.1% from December to a rate of 4.00 million in January, down 1.7% year-over-year, or 4.07 million sales, according to the latest...
by | Feb 22, 2024 | Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Technology |
Since Q3 2023, real estate companies—from MLSs to title servicers—have been beset by cyberattacks that have compromised their users’ personal data. Such attacks are typically ransomware (or hackers holding data hostage for a payout). A company-wide cyberattack can be...
by | Feb 22, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Nearing a return to 7% territory, the 30-year-fixed-rate mortgage continued its ascent this week, up to 6.9% from last week’s average of 6.77%, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers:...
by | Feb 22, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
First-time homebuyers have been struggling through the housing market in recent years. Many challenges have locked them out, creating little opportunity for these buyers to take the steps they need to begin building wealth and equity. The major thing industry...
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
In a split decision Feb. 20, the judge overseeing the goliath buyer-side commission case dismissed some state-level claims by plaintiffs—and dropped one of the defendants entirely—in an opinion that appears to be a relatively small victory for big real estate...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 21, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage applications decreased sharply this week, down 10.6% from last week’s decrease of 2.3%, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending Feb. 16, 2024. Here are this week’s numbers: The...