The Fed's cancellation of its annual Jackson Hole conference after a resurgence in U.S. Covid-19 infections may signal the days of rock-bottom mortgage rates aren't over yet.
A speech on Friday by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had the potential of sending mortgage rates into gyrations. Instead, he soothed the markets.
Tighter lending standards mean some consumers are being turned down for mortgages for issues that can be remedied.
A Delta-driven resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic will chill the nation’s economic recovery and suppress mortgage rates, according to a forecast by Fannie Mae.
U.S. home sales rose in July and price gains moderated as more properties came on the market, the NAR report said.
Lakeland and Winter Haven, Florida, posted the biggest U.S. median home price gain since the pandemic’s earliest days, with a 32% jump in June from a year earlier.
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Housing starts fell 7% in July as homebuilders struggled amid labor and supply shortages to meet demand boosted by low mortgage rates.
An index measuring homebuilder sentiment dropped in August to the lowest reading in more than a year as buyers were discouraged by a spike in prices.
The consumer sentiment index from the University of Michigan plunged 13.5% in August to 70.2, the gloomiest outlook since December 2011.
Allowing the VA loan fees to reset as scheduled will save veterans and active-duty military members about $200 million annually, the lenders’ group said.
A homebuyer would need $48,435 of annual income to qualify for a mortgage on a $180,000 median-priced home in Detroit, making it the most affordable U.S. metro area.
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Flood insurance is separate from your standard homeowner’s insurance, and if you are buying in a flood plain, most lenders
