As mortgage rates continue their stomach-turning rise and serious shoppers compete for a limited supply of homes, would-be home buyers may be struggling to make a successful offer before their mortgage preapproval letter expires. According... Read more
Selling a home these days isn’t as effortless as a year ago, when a seller could choose among competing buyers. “Overall, I’d say the buying/selling experience right now is comparable to the summer of 2019,”... Read more
September mortgage rates forecast Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages are likely to remain fairly stable in the first three weeks of September. The forecast gets murkier at the end of the month. That’s because the... Read more
After two long years of home sellers calling all of the shots, home buyers are eager for the housing market to tilt in their favor. But modest improvements in the number of home listings and... Read more
The Federal Reserve continued to shout from the rooftops Wednesday that it will do what it takes to get inflation under control. The central bank raised the overnight federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point,... Read more
Some would-be home buyers are rooting for a full-on housing market crash because prices have zoomed so far past the point of affordability. Please “crash faster so I might be able to own my own... Read more
October mortgage rates forecast Mortgage interest rates are likely to keep on rising in October. Projecting the trend for mortgage rates this month isn’t particularly tricky, but it doesn’t look like there’ll be any treats,... Read more
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New American Funding: NMLS#6606 Best for first-time home buyers 620 FHA: 500 JUMBO: N/A USDA: 640 VA: 500 CONVENTIONAL: 620 3% New American Funding works with down payment assistance programs in 14 states, including California,... Read more
Millennials are in peak nesting mode. We want the outdoor space many apartments lack, or the room to grow that a starter house doesn’t offer. There’s just a not-so-small problem. (Gestures broadly at everything.) The... Read more