What does a person moving to a different location factor in while looking for a new city to start afresh? According to a study by LendingTree, the likelihood ...
Read More »New Home Sales Fall
Sale of new single-family homes fell 7.8 percent in January 2018 compared to the month before, according to the data on new home sales released by the U.S ...
Read More »How Could Mortgage Rate Upswings Impact Housing?
Freddie Mac has released its February Insight report, which “looks into the effects of higher mortgage rates on home buyers, homeowners wishing to refinance, mortgage lenders, home builders and ...
Read More »Buyers are Bidding on Homes Before Seeing Them
An increasing number of homebuyers are making offers for homes without first seeing them in person, according to an analysis by online brokers Redfin. The study, which surveyed ...
Read More »San Jose Home Values Touched $1.1M in 2017
Home prices hit a new peak at the end of 2017, marking 68 consecutive months of appreciation according to the latest Home Price Index (HPI) report for December ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Spotlight on Home Sales and Prices
The week begins with the release of the New Home Sales Report for January 2018 by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday at 10 a.m. EST. The report, ...
Read More »Home Price Growth Slowing in Several Markets
Since the 2008 financial crisis, predicting where the housing market is headed next has become a game with very high stakes indeed. Tracking the interactions between home prices, ...
Read More »A Mortgage Best Fit
Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the February issue of MReport, out now. There’s no doubt the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is the American housing market’s most ...
Read More »The Future of Lending Can be Found in Fintech
Technological innovation is changing the way the mortgage industry works, and the model followed by lenders who have embraced technology such as end-to-end online mortgage application and approval ...
Read More »San Francisco Wins the Homebuilding Race
San Francisco has been known to have an acute shortage of housing inventory. But the Golden Gate City surprised its critics by nearly doubling its historic average number ...
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