Mortgage Rates Increase Ahead of the Holidays
Mortgage rates reversed course this week after several weeks of declines, but continue to make small moves around the mid- ...
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Fed Cuts Interest Rates by a Quarter-Point, Third Cut This Year
As widely expected, Federal Reserve (Fed) officials lowered interest rates again, marking the third cut this year—although markets wobbled based ...
2024: The Housing Market That Didn’t Happen
At the end of last year, forecasters were bullish on the 2024 housing market. The Fed was going to cut ...
Mortgage Rates Continue to Drop
With mortgage rates continuing their descent in recent weeks, borrowers who faced rates topping out at over 8% last year, ...
Inflation Up Again, According to December Consumer Price Index
After a year of inflation coming down, the last stretch of 2024 has seen a reverse course, per the latest ...
Mortgage Rates Dip to Lowest Level in Over a Month
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.69% this week, down from last week’s average of 6.81% and falling to its ...
Bright MLS 2025 Housing Forecast Predicts a ‘Tale of Two Markets’
With a new year comes the hope of a brighter tomorrow—should the real estate industry be pining for a bright ...
Mortgage Rates Slide Back Up This Week
Mortgage rates are continuing their hover in the upper sixes. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) ticked back up this week ...
Homebuilder Confidence Continues End-of-Year Rise in 2024
November saw homebuilder confidence rise, according to the latest findings in the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Is Optimistic About the Economy, Unsure of Third Rate Cut This Year
“Will the Fed cut interest rates?” That’s a question on everyone’s mind whenever Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks publicly—including ...
Best Days (and Hours) for Cold Calling, Door Knocking and Everything Else
Two hours of door-knocking one week might land you half a dozen hot leads, while a similar session the next week leaves you empty handed with ears ringing from all the door slammed in your face. Read more.
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