Mortgage applications increased 1.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 22, 2019. This week’s results are being compared to the week of Thanksgiving 2018.
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ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), today released its annual analysis of the best days of the year to buy a home, which shows
The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today issued the following statement in response to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) announcement to increase the 2020 conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to
The housing market will be more competitive in 2020 as the cooldown that began in
This is the time of year we give thanks. We believe we have a lot to be thankful for this year. Not only has the economy continued its expansion, but lower interest rates favored the real estate market for the
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will offer a new incentive for borrowers
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $131.3 million to 325 local public housing authorities across the country to provide affordable housing to approximately 15,363 additional non-elderly persons with disabilities. Secretary Ben Carson made the national
AG’s Civil Rights Bureau encourages Long Islanders to report info
LONG ISLAND – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office is launching an investigation into allegations of discriminatory practices by Long Island real estate agents as first
MARKET COMMENT
Mortgage bond prices finished the week higher which put downward pressure on mortgage interest rates. Rates were neutral to better almost every day of the shortened trading week. Consumer prices rose 0.4% and the core rate, which excludes the
Owner of Valued Homes Used Customers’ Money for Personal Expenses
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett today announced that Sherrie A. Burton, of South Glen Falls, NY, was sentenced to three
