by | Dec 15, 2023 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
When an 18% decline in home sales in 2022 is followed by what looks like another 18% drop this year, it’s hard to put a positive spin on the residential real estate market going forward, but Dr. Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) decreased for the seventh straight week, from last week’s average of 7.03% to an average of 6.95% this week, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers:...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Despite broker sentiment hitting a yearly low in November—at exactly the same time as it did last year—there are larger signs of positive changes in the housing market, according to RISMedia’s latest Broker Confidence Index (BCI) survey of real estate business...
by | Dec 13, 2023 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Interest rates will remain unchanged for the second month in a row, according to the latest press conference from the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Following no change in rates in November, the Fed found that recent economic signs—such as a...
by Beth McGuire | Dec 13, 2023 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
In the wake of a six-week stretch of mortgage rate decreases, Mortgage applications surged 7.4% this week, also marking their sixth week of increases, up from last week’s 2.4% rise, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers...