Pre-recession peaks for outstanding first mortgages are close at hand. What are the factors driving these increases and where will they lead the market?
Read More »The Homebuying Habits Across Generations
While digital platforms play a major role in the homebuying process, a survey found vast differences in the way homebuyers approach the purchase process. The reason? Click through to learn more.
Read More »Can Renters Afford to Buy a Home?
Can home affordability be measured especially when one is looking at the ability of current renters on becoming homeowners? A study by the Urban Institute attempted to answer ...
Read More »Is Spring Really the ‘Magic Window’ for Home Sellers?
By Scott Morgan Anyone looking to close a home sale faster and more favorably is entering the right time of the year to do it. According to a ...
Read More »Mortgage Rates Surge
Mortgage interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased in February from the month prior according to data from the Monthly Interest Survey released by the Federal Housing Finance ...
Read More »Why Is Economic Confidence Not Translating to More Homebuyers?
A recent survey shows homeowner optimism increasing for the spring buying season, yet buyers aren’t sharing that sentiment.
Read More »After Fed Hike, Mortgage Rates Could Rise Again
On Wednesday, after Jerome Powell's first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as Fed Chair, the Federal Reserve announced that it had increased the Fed funds rate by ...
Read More »Keeping PACE with Clean Energy Finance Laws
By T. Robert Finlay, Founding Partner, Wright, Finlay & Zak and Sonia Edwards, Senior Associate, Wright, Finlay & Zak, California With global warming and other environmental issues at the ...
Read More »Wealthy Homeowners Prefer the East Coast
Some of the most expensive ZIP codes in the country can be found in California. But that doesn’t necessarily translate into people who earn top dollars. According to ...
Read More »Family Over Location for Millennials
They’re the most active generation of homebuyers in the market today, but unlike their Gen X or Baby Boomer parents, millennials prefer to buy homes that are close ...
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