by Beth McGuire | Feb 13, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The average 30-year-fixed rated mortgage continued edging downward this week, lowering from last week’s 6.89% to 6.87%, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®)from Freddie Mac, released Thursday. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continued to...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 12, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
With mortgage rates still hovering at recent lows, this week saw another increase in mortgage applications, increasing 2.3% from last week’s increase of 2.2%, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for...
by | Feb 12, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Inflation continues to rise for the fourth consecutive month, continuing a reversal from its decline throughout most of 2024. The Consumer Price Index (CPI)—one of the main measures of inflation—rose 0.5% in January, according to the latest data from the Bureau of...
by | Feb 11, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
After an aborted launch on Sat. Feb. 1, 2025, President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have been postponed to a Mar. 6, 2025 launch—new tariffs on China remain in effect. In the meantime, though, real estate analytics giant CoreLogic has...
by | Feb 7, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Total nonfarm payrolls increased by 143,000 in January, while the unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 4%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on February 7. Job gains were in the healthcare, retail trade and social assistance sectors, while job losses...