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Most 2025 Homebuyers Need At Least a 0.75-Point Rate Drop to See Refinance Gains in Under 3 Years, Neighbors Bank Finds
With mortgage rates still hovering near 7%, many 2025 homebuyers followed the advice to “marry the house, date the rate,” buying with the expectation they could refinance later. But a […]
How Baby Boomers Can Sell, Downsize, and Improve Cash Flow — Even with Current Interest Rates
By Jim Straatmann, Keller Williams Ballantyne-Area Agent For many baby boomers, retirement brings an opportunity to reassess priorities, and that includes housing needs. Large family homes once ideal for raising […]
Refinance activity up again during fourth quarter despite broader U.S. downturn in home mortgages
ATTOM has released its fourth-quarter 2024 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 1.64 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were issued in the […]
July Refinance Activity Hits Highest Levels Since September 2022
Optimal Blue Optimal Blue today released its July 2024 Market Advantage mortgage data report, which revealed that mortgage refinance demand surged to levels not seen since September 2022 amid softening […]
Millennials’ Refinance Activity Soars as Interest Rates Hit Historic Lows, According to the Latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker
According to the latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker, refinance activity hit an all-time high in April 2020, besting the previous mark set in March of this year. The historic refinance […]
Residential Refinance Mortgages Make Up Nearly Two-thirds Of Home Loans In Second Quarter Of 2020
ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), has released its second-quarter 2020 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which […]
SCHWAB-POMERANTZ: Should You Refinance Your Mortgage?
Dear Carrie: With interest rates dropping, I’m thinking of refinancing my mortgage. What do I need to know? — A Reader Dear Reader: Interest rates are on a lot of […]
LendingTree Report: Refinance Applications Triple in the U.S.
LendingTree®, the nation’s leading online loan marketplace, released its latest report on the recent growth in refinance applications compared to the same time period in 2019. The economic effects of […]
Residential Refinance Mortgages More Than Double In Fourth Quarter Of 2019
ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), has released its fourth-quarter 2019 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which […]
Refinance Activity on the Rise as Interest Rates Drop, According to the Latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker
According to the latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker, the average interest rate on all 30-year loans closed by millennials in January dropped to 3.94%, down slightly from 3.95% in December. […]
Still-low mortgage rates ushering new refi wave
The last time Mark McCollam refinanced the loan on his three-bedroom house in Los Angeles, he figured mortgage rates would only head higher from there. He was wrong. Not that […]
INVESTORS’ CORNER: A creative financing option
Buying a home subject to an existing mortgage is a somewhat arcane concept, but can be an incredibly powerful tool in the hands of the creative investor. In its simplest […]
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