Tag Archives: Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS)

As mortgage rates dropped toward levels last reported in May 2023, the MBA reported a rise in purchase application activity, led by both Conventional and FHA purchase apps.

Freddie Mac reports a slight one basis-point rise in the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage to begin 2024, with rates moving sideways as the market digests incoming economic data for the new year. Here’s what they expect for the months ahead.

Pending home sales in November remained the same as October 2023's report, however NAR expects that to change as the downward trend in mortgage rates is expected to shift home sales upward to close out 2023.

The MBA reports that the average national median mortgage payment rose to $2,199 in October, a $143 year-over-year rise. Here are the factors that were “dissuading would-be buyers from entering the housing market.”

Homebuyers nationwide are finding some relief entering the Thanksgiving holiday, as mortgage rates have fallen to levels last reported in late-September, garnering interest from buyers and driving up overall app volume to levels not seen in over a month.

Freddie Mac reports a second week-over-week slide in the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, as markets adjust to the Fed’s second consecutive pause in rate hikes. Here are the factors a Freddie Mac economist says are allowing the housing market to “remain stagnant.”

Redfin reports that affluent homebuyers drove luxury home sales to the highest third-quarter level on record, growing nearly three times faster than non-luxury home prices. Click through to read the full analysis.

A drop of just three basis points in the 30-year fixed rate mortgage provided little relief to prospective buyers, as ambiguity around monetary policy will likely continue to stall improvements in the housing market through the end of the year.

As we head into Halloween, mortgage rates continue to edge closer to the 8% mark, resulting in the longest consecutive rate rise reported since the Spring of 2022. Click through to see what else buyers may fear as we enter the final months of 2023.

Redfin found that new home listings in September ticked upward, marking the largest increase recorded since February 2022. Click through to find how the overall market has been impacted.