by Aidan Whalen | Aug 17, 2023 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) surged this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, averaging 7.09%, which is also a fourth-straight week of rate hikes, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday....
by | Aug 16, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
It’s a tale as old as time. The FSBO who plans to forgo the traditional real estate process until a few weeks (or months) of watching neighbors sell and field lowball offers brings them back to the agent—and to the MLS. While real estate professionals will argue all...
by Aidan Whalen | Aug 16, 2023 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
After a surprising decline in housing starts that perplexed pundits earlier in the summer, new construction ticked up last month, according to the latest new residential construction data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Total housing starts enjoyed a 3.9% boost in July,...
by Aidan Whalen | Aug 16, 2023 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
On May 4, 2023, UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation published the research paper titled, “The First Step Is The Hardest: California’s Sliding Homeownership Ladder.” The paper tracks how homeownership rates have changed within the state. However, the...
by Aidan Whalen | Aug 16, 2023 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage applications were down 0.8% this week, down from last week’s dip of 3.1% and the fourth consecutive week of decreases, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week ending August 11,...
by Liz Ruggiero | Aug 15, 2023 | Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
There’s a certain always-in-the-news topic that is totally off the radar for some people but a must-follow for others. Then at some point they often pivot, with the disinterested ones suddenly obsessed with the topic and the zealots pretty much losing interest. The...