Home prices continued their upward climb over the last 12 months, ending 2017 with a growth of 6.3 percent according to the December 2017 data on the S&P ...
Read More »Will Rising Mortgage Rates Ruin the Homebuying Season?
Mortgage rates continued their upward climb this week, with 30 year fixed mortgages reaching their highest point since 2014 according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market survey ...
Read More »Lower Mortgage Rates in November Increase Refis
Refinances by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased in December 2017, according to the Fourth Quarter Refinance Report released by the Federal Housing ...
Read More »How Will Rising Mortgage Rates Impact a Buyer’s Willingness to Enter the Market?
They may slow down their search for a new home or look for smaller homes, but a very few buyers looking at purchasing a home in 2018 will ...
Read More »Stress Test Scenarios: Home Prices and Mortgage to Rise
Unemployment, exchange rates, prices, income, and interest rates are some of the economic factors that will reveal whether banks in the U.S. are armed with robust capital planning processes ...
Read More »Mortgage Rates Continue Upward Trend
The expectation on future hikes by the Federal Reserve as well as increased borrowing by the U.S. Treasury drove mortgage interests up according to the Primary Mortgage Market ...
Read More »Mortgage Rates Surge Higher to Begin 2018
New data shows the most recent update on mortgage rates—reporting rising rates across the board following a surge in Treasury yields.
Read More »Year End Result: Mortgage Applications Decreased
While 2017 ended with a slight dip in overall mortgage applications, the share of refinance mortgage activity rose according to a weekly survey.
Read More »Going Down, Still . . .
The newest index data on the interest rates of loans was released—reporting another decrease. See how much has changed compared to last month.
Read More »A Jump in Mortgage Applications
The most recent Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, is up . . . see the breakdown by loan type here.
Read More »