“How to buy a house when you have student loan debt
A recent study conducted by Bankrate found that 61% of millennials don’t own a home, and nearly a quarter of them attribute student loan debt as the cause.
Click here for a list of financial steps to improve your chances of getting approved for a mortgage and include a chart of assistance programs and the requirements for each.
FHA curently requires borrowers to provide a minimum down payment of 3.5% of home purchase price.
Mortgage rate for 30 year fixed from FHA is now 4.08%
Former Fannie Mae employee made "shady foreclosure sales"
Poor home owners lost their homes for not paying their mortgages and an employee of Fannie Mae made a kill. Read on…
Who would imagine moving frequently helps home prices move up too?
Homeowners who move often contribute to strong appreciation of homes.
Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates hold steady for third consecutive week at 4.45%
Thinking of home ownership, this is the time to buy when the lending rate is low.
Which US housing markets are among the world's most affordable?
Some US cities made it to the list of the world’s most affordable housing. Check them out.
Multifamily lenders who dominated 2018. Will they do so in 2019?
Multifamily lending continues to reach all-new highs, according to Housewire. Some lenders rose above the rest, dominating the market in 2018.You might be surprised who the leading lender was. Check out.
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"Home prices have appreciated consistently since the housing market began its recovery, but now they appear to be slowing down after a six-year run.
The latest data from Black Knight reveals that home price growth has slowed in 33 states and in 71 of the nation’s 100 largest markets" reports Housingwire.
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Florida goes after 14 moving companies for allegedly holding people’s furniture hostage
These real estate markets are projected to dominate in 2019
In 2018, 62% of all homes sold in top U.S. metropolitan markets sold below their original list price, according to EasyKnock. As the year comes to an end, the home equity company predicts 77% of current on-market listings will sell below original list prices in the first quarter of 2019. Read more….
Changes in real estate
Thirty-five years ago the housing market looked drastically different, with the word “internet” nowhere to be found and the thought of less than a 4% mortgage rate crazy.
The National Association of Realtors, however, has followed the changes every step of the way, releasing its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers survey since 1981.
“When the Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers made its debut 35 years ago, consumers and Realtors navigated a much different real estate landscape,” said NAR President Tom Salomone on the upcoming survey results. Read more…