Mortgage rates hold at 6.37%, Fed decision eyed for December
The trend of lower and less volatile mortgage rates has been a key storyline for the U.S. housing market in…
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Suns minority owners allege mismanagement by Mat Ishbia
The August suit claimed that Ishbia, who bought the team in 2023, blocked access to internal records and issued a…
Pending home sales rise on lower mortgage rates, higher inventory
An index reading of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. “Pending home sales ticked up…
Home price growth cools further in September
“Price growth slowed even as mortgage rates fell in September. Affordability is the biggest constraint in the market right now,”…
U.S. house prices up 2.2% in Q3 2025
The FHFA HPI is a collection of publicly available house price indexes that measure changes in single-family home values based…
Title insurance vital to reduce risk on refinances
Mortgage refinance demand is 111% higher than last year, a surge fueled by declining mortgage rates and renewed interest from…
Why consolidation won’t deliver the holy grail
Every few years, someone in mortgage lending announces that we’re witnessing the dawn of the super-lender era. This time, they…
41% of US homes for sale marked down as Black Friday arrives
Nearly 41.2% of active single-family listings include price reductions. The median cut is 4%, amounting to roughly $17,230 off the…
housing shortage driven by policy, not big builder concentration
I’ve been reading more articles arguing that our housing shortage is artificially created—that it’s caused by the increasing concentration of…
Massachusetts rent control initiative gains amid affordability push
With an eye on New York City voters who favored housing affordability in this month’s mayoral election, Massachusetts housing advocates…