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...
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
CoStar-owned Homes.com has remained a ubiquitous presence across television broadcasts, internet browsers and radio airwaves over the last couple weeks, thanks to a billion-dollar marketing push (included four Super Bowl commercials) and has so far achieved 560...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 20, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The rally in new-home demand isn’t letting up as homebuyers facing inventory challenges on the resale market turned to new construction to realize their homeownership dreams. Mortgage applications for new-home purchases jumped 19.1% in January compared to a year ago...