Purchasing a home is unquestionably one of the biggest expenditures most consumers will make in a lifetime. It’s exciting, it’s nerve-wracking, it’s fraught with decisions. And when you ...
Read More »The Fault Line’s Implications on California Housing
A new report examined the potential damage to properties in case of a major quake in the California region that sits along a dangerous fault line. Were the findings encouraging?
Read More »Worries Over Interest Rates and Supply Have Industry on Alert
Today’s rising interest rates have some market participants concerned, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The survey reports that crimped housing supply, coupled with the higher cost to borrow, is ...
Read More »The Challenges of Balancing Mortgage Risk and Access
Striking a balance between default risk and credit access can be an onerous, if not impossible, task to undertake, Urban Wire reports. Take some recent, well-intentioned efforts by ...
Read More »Affordability Is Driving Some Professionals Out of the City
If you’re a teacher, you probably don’t live in the same city where your school is located. The same goes for first responders, restaurant workers, and doctors. In ...
Read More »How Does Your City Stack Up?
For those who’ve ever mulled moving to another city but were unsure if they could foot the bill for a new view, Wahrheit Ventures has a way to ...
Read More »A Return to ARMs
Since the mortgage domain—and the nation—went into a tailspin a decade ago and tons of borrowers lost their homes, adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) have got a bad rap. Sordid ...
Read More »Homes for Sale: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
If there’s a home on the market stuffed with to-die-for features, it’s probably not going to last long, according to the latest Nationwide Health of Housing Markets (HoHM) ...
Read More »Next-gen Buyers Steering Away From 20 Percent Down Payment
While it might be the industry gold standard, the “typical” 20 percent down payment doesn’t exactly glitter with the majority of first-time millennial mortgage getters. When queried about ...
Read More »Homeowners’ Value Perception Takes a Tumble
After seizing positive numbers for seven months straight, the disparity between an appraised value and homeowners’ expectations of the said value expanded in January, according to Quicken Loans’ National ...
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