Published by REALTOR.com | April 9, 2025 Job instability and high interest rates have left millions of homeowners with a mortgage locked out of $731 billion in home equity. Homeowners have long relied on their home equity, often touted as “America’s piggy bank,” to meet their changing financial needs, from paying off credit card debt …
Millions of Americans Blocked From Accessing $731 Billion in Home Equity Read More »
Published by REALTOR.com | March 31, 2025 Home equity in the U.S. reached the third-highest level on record at the end of last year In welcome news for homeowners braving a volatile housing market, home equity in the U.S.—the share of your property you actually own—reached the third-highest level on record at the end of …
Homeowners Are Sitting on $34.7 Trillion in Equity—but Mortgage Debt Is Growing Read More »
Published by REALTOR.com | January 10, 2025 This is keeping many would-be sellers “locked in“ and hindering total inventory recovery. New York City school teacher Joann Mariani had no idea how extraordinary her timing was when she was shopping for a home in summer 2021. In the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic—when lockdowns, face masks, …
Published by ThinkRealty | December 20, 2024 Although many experts spent the last few years predicting an economic downturn, the past two years have been good for residential real estate investors A recent survey of real estate investors found that three-quarters of them were making at least as much in 2024 as they made in …
Mortgage Assistance Programs: A Lifeline for Affordable Homebuying Read More »
Published by REALTOR.com | November 14, 2024 The share of first-time homebuyers in the housing market has fallen to the lowest level in 43 years, according to recent data from the National Association of Realtors. Home sales are at multi-decade lows due to high home prices and 7% mortgage rates. Many buyers have been priced …
Economist: Elon Musk Could Hold the Key to Lower Mortgage Rates Read More »
Published by Think Realty | October 5, 2024 Obtaining a commercial property loan involves a far different set of requirements and elongated timeline compared to residential loans. Securing a commercial real estate loan is a critical step for any business that requires office space, a retail storefront, or a manufacturing and shipping space. A commercial …
Published by Forbes.com | September 20, 2024 Updating archaic mortgage laws has rarely been a priority for the justice system, however a new proposal might just bring about some long overdue change. Owners of commercial real estate and their mortgage lenders often agree to amend the terms of their loan, in minor and sometimes major …
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Published by REALTOR.com | September 20, 2024 To see where experts predict mortgage rates might go over the next 18 months, Realtor.com rounded up the quarterly mortgage rate forecasts from various sources. The Federal Reserve’s historic rate cut this week could usher in a period of lower mortgage rates. Predicting the financial market’s next move …
Experts Predict Where Mortgage Rates Are Headed in 2025 Read More »
Published by REALTOR.com | September 16, 2024 38% of Americans have put off purchasing a home because of high mortgage rates Mortgage rates are at their lowest level in over a year after dropping to 6.2% for the week ending Sept. 12—and they could fall yet again if the Federal Reserve cuts rates at its …
New Survey Shows How Low Mortgage Rates Must Go Before Homebuyers Start Shopping Read More »
Published by FOX Business | August 19, 2024 Lower borrowing rates will only make housing more affordable for a 3- to 6-month period Potential U.S. home buyers and sellers have kept a sharp eye on mortgage rates, which have contributed to the affordability crisis in the market. Today, mortgage rates are more than double what …
Waiting For Mortgage Rates to Fall? Why Experts Say it Won’t Make a Difference Read More »
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