Published by CNBC | April 9, 2025 At the end of January, foreign countries owned $1.32 trillion worth of U.S. mortgage-backed securities, or 15% of the total outstanding, according to Ginnie Mae. Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year Treasury. Some speculate foreign countries could be dumping U.S. Treasurys in retaliation against President …
Published by REALTOR.com | April 16, 2025 The Trump administration’s top mortgage regulator has vowed to “root out frauds and cheats” in the mortgage market after launching a tip line to report deceitful home loan applications. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte announced the tip line last week, saying “anyone and everyone can submit …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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