by | Jul 24, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Politics, Premier |
Six federal agencies—including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)—recently announced a new standard of quality controls for automated valuation models, or...
by | Jul 19, 2024 | Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
While the rate at which home prices are continuing to grow is slowing down in markets across the country, they’re still registering at record-high levels in many areas throughout the U.S. The last time home prices faced such pressing affordability numbers was right...
by | Jul 18, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) continued to decrease this week, from last week’s average of 6.89% to an average of 6.77% this week, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers: The...
by | Jul 17, 2024 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
As the real estate industry braces for new rules that remove all offers of agent compensation from for-sale listings, mortgage lenders are weighing their options on how to best help cash-strapped buyers who will ultimately be responsible for paying their agent’s...
by | Jul 17, 2024 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage applications rose this week as mortgage rates saw a decrease, increasing 3.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending July 12, 2024. This week’s data: The Market...