Declining affordability will cause some buyers to pull out of the market, but the current supply and demand war the market is currently experiencing will continue to put upward pressure on prices.
Read More »Refi Interest Wanes as Rates Begin to Rise
As mortgage rates begin to ascend, overall mortgage purchase and refinance application volume has begun to tail off.
Read More »Mixed Bag of Housing Opportunities Forecast for 2022
New economic data finds that prospective buyers must withstand an impending whirlwind market heading into the new year.
Read More »Keeping Pace
Lenders can remain competitive, even as the housing market slows, as Ashley Wood of Equifax details methods to maintain a healthy balance.
Read More »Selling Your House for Bitcoin
The housing market’s unfettered rise over the last year has been nothing but historic as homeowners have now realized over $2.9 trillion in equity gains—but this rise has been overshadowed by ...
Read More »Home Prices Continue to Rise Nationwide
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices found an annual price gain of nearly 20% in September 2021, driven by a continued lack of inventory and the return of bidding wars.
Read More »GSE Loan Limits to Rise Nearly $100K in 2022
The FHFA has issued its conforming loan limits for 2022, as the increase in home prices nationwide has forced loan limits to $647,200 next year.
Read More »Dean McCall Promoted to CIO of Promontory MortgagePath
Moving from Managing Director of Development Operations and Data, 25-plus-year software specialist takes on new role of CIO of digital mortgage platform.
Read More »Tracking the Nation’s FSBO Sales
According to a new report, For Sale By Owner listings tend to be found in rural and lower-income areas, at prices 18% lower than properties represented by agents.
Read More »Are Bidding Wars Still a Thing?
While bidding wars reached a pandemic peak in April, 60.3% of all offers written by Redfin in October experienced a bidding war, down from the 60.4% in September. While the decrease in ...
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