Search results
Mortgage Rates Inch Down. Housing Is Still a Mess.
Barrons.com· 1 day agoDeclines in mortgage rates can make a big difference for buyers. Applications for home loans jumped last week—albeit from very low levels—as rates pulled...
Success Mortgage CEO nominated as MBA vice chairman - HousingWire
HousingWire· 2 days agoThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Wednesday announced that Owen Lee, CEO at Success Mortgage Partners (SMP), has been nominated ...
VA issues temporary fix to allow buyer-paid broker fees
HousingWire via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoJacobs, the VA’s under secretary for benefits, said in a statement. Trade groups, which previously...
Mortgage rates tick up as Fed holds steady
Bankrate via AOL· 2 days agoThat can lead to intense rate swings — they soar on news of Fed hikes, then plummet in anticipation of a cut. Loan applications soared 15.6 percent this...
What the Fed’s continued rate pause means for homebuyers and sellers
Bankrate via AOL· 2 days ago“We still look for mortgage rates to drop to about 6.5 percent by the end of 2024,” says Mike...
Mortgage refinancing activity falls across metro Atlanta, per report - Atlanta Business Chronicle
The Business Journals· 4 days agoFewer metro Atlanta homeowners are refinancing their loans this year. Mortgage refinancing activity...
Mortgage closing fees are in the hot seat. Here's why feds are looking into them.
CBS News via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoThe two biggest hurdles to increasing the homeownership rates are a lack of affordable properties...
It's Not A Good Time To Buy Or Sell, Consumers Say
National Mortgage Professional· 4 days agoProspective homebuyers are growing increasingly pessimistic, if the results of a recent survey from Fannie Mae are any indication. The...
Stephen C. 'Steve' Weiss, longtime commercial real estate broker, dies
Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJun. 7—Stephen C. Weiss, a commercial real estate broker, died of kidney cancer May 15 at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Owings Mills resident was 67. "Steve was the consummate professional ...
Here's Why a $1,000 Emergency Fund Probably Isn't Enough for You
The Motley Fool via AOL· 6 days agoWorking hard to build your emergency fund? You'll likely want to save more than $1,000. Find out why...