Mortgage, Home Buying, and Real Estate News
Mortgage Rates Increase Minimally, Refi and Purchase Applications Both Rise
On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Optimal Blue released its rate indices showing the 30-year...
Real Estate Trends REALTORS® Should Watch in 2026
A new year always brings new questions from buyers and sellers — and 2026 is no...
Fast Facts About the Early 2026 Housing Market — for REALTORS®
Looking back at where the market was a decade ago helps remind us how much things have...
New MIP Requirements Make Housing Payments More Affordable For Many
On Wednesday February 22, 2023, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
The Buying Trends of Millennials
A few months ago, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) published its 2019 Home...
Why We Need to Stop Blaming Housing Market Malaise on the Trade War with China
For many of us, “Made in China” was commonly found on the packaging of most...
Freddie Mac Revises 2019 Forecast for the Mortgage and Housing Markets
Freddie Mac recently revisited 2019 forecasts for the mortgage and housing markets. Home...
Getting Ready for the 2019 Hurricane Season
Before summer even starts, the 2019 hurricane season will kick off June 1st. While...
Freddie Mac, the Fed, and Other Reasons Things Look Good
Mortgage rates and concerns about those rates were eased as the Federal Reserve...
Disappointing Housing Data and the Impact This Spring
Amid the recent release of some reasonably good economic data, housing data disappointed...
Why the Housing Market Should Be Thanking Brexit
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Clapton, Led Zepplin — the mega bands of the British...
Feel Like You’ve Seen This Movie Before? There’s a No Money Down Plot Twist
Mortgage rates are down. Way down, actually — at least from where they were. And they...
Fannie Mae Forecasts and the El Niño Housing Market
Fannie Mae dropped its forecast for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to 4.4% for...
Seniors Holding on to Homes Could Have Lasting Impact on Housing Market
Several news feeds are reporting that a well-intentioned mom has been working her way...
Positive Signs It’s Going to Be a Good Year for the Housing Market
It looks like we have our first break of 2019 for the housing and mortgage industries....