For its most recent cover story, MortgagePoint assembled a panel of economists to forecast the top trends and headwinds they expect to define the housing market in 2024.
Read More »Targeting New Outlets for Down Payment Assistance?
With the ever-rising cost of homeownership, down payments requirements have also grown in step. Click through to find out where the next generation of buyers are finding the funds to secure a home.
Read More »Here’s Where You’ll Get the Biggest Home Equity Loans
With home equity at all-time highs, now estimated to be some $28.7 trillion of it, you will not get the same size home equity loan everywhere. Here’s where you will get the biggest bang for your buck.
Read More »Don’t Take the First Offer: Homebuyers Still Benefit From Shopping Around
Just because mortgage rates are relatively high doesn’t mean pennies can’t be saved. A new study reveals borrowers in the nation’s 50 largest metros could save an average of $84,301 over the lifetime of their loans by shopping around for a mortgage.
Read More »New-Home Sizes Decrease Nationally
Though prices have come down somewhat from their pandemic highs, new home sizes are shrinking as the price per square foot has nearly doubled in the last 11 years.
Read More »Mortgage Rate-Lock Tipping Point Hits 5% Threshold
The mortgage rate tipping point—the rate that will allow homeowners to move—has advanced above 5%, with a Zillow report finding those above this rate are nearly twice as likely to plan to sell their home than those with a rate below 5%.
Read More »Bearing the Weight of Housing Market Stressors
A new study from LendingTree details some of the factors that make the pursuit of the American dream of homeownership such a stressful process for prospective buyers.
Read More »Here’s How the Largest Metros Rank for Homeownership
“Overall, the study revealed that Raleigh, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; and St. Louis are the three best metropolitan areas for homeownership. Each of these metros ranks among the lowest for share of homes lacking complete plumbing and kitchen facilities (both are lowest in Raleigh), meaning they appear to have relatively high-quality housing available,” said LendingTree Senior Economist Jacob Channel.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Servicers and Government Officials to Meet in D.C.
The Annual Five Star Government Forum is set for April 11 in Washington, D.C., bringing together mortgage servicing leadership and government agency reps to discuss the industry’s most pressing issues.
Read More »The State of Government Loan Servicing
The 13th Annual Five Star Government Forum is set for next week in our nation’s capital, bringing together mortgage servicing leadership and government agency reps to discuss the industry’s most pressing issues and work toward solutions.
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