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What Will the Spring Homebuying Season Look Like?

The volatility in rates and financial markets gave us a nice improvement in mortgage rates over the past two weeks. However, now as fears about the banking sector subside somewhat we’ve seen rates move back up again out ahead of an important Fed Announcement this week.  Watching the markets over this last week is a

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It’s a Delicate Balance of Good News, Bad News for Housing & Rates

Well, all signs are pointing up this week and last, so mortgage rates have behaved accordingly. For the second week in a row, the trend for rates has been upward, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of average 30-year and 15-year conventional mortgages. It’s kinda a double-edged sword of good news, and bad news because

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Report Shows Mortgage Originations Rising!

Following the strong jobs report and the Fed’s interest hike that I wrote about in last week’s update, it’s no surprise that mortgage rates moved higher in the most recent survey of average mortgage rates by Freddie Mac.  According to Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “The 30-year fixed-rate continues to hover close to six

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Signs Pointing to a Buyers Market!

Wow. Freddie Mac is reporting that as of last week’s survey of average mortgage rates, the rates have dropped enough since November that as many as 3 million more home buyers can qualify for and afford a median $400,000 mortgage! Since that report, however, there’s been increased volatility in markets and rates thanks to two

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Signs Point To Improving Economy and Housing Market

We’ll have to wait and see, but Redfin published a recent report declaring that, according to their data, the housing market has bottomed out and the recovery has begun. The report points to the number of customers requesting first tours of homes rose 17 percentage points from its low in November. Also, the number of

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Rates Again Improve…Is the Stage Set for Busy Spring Season?

Again this week I’m happy to report that Freddie Mac’s weekly survey shows that the trend for mortgage rates continues to improve. We saw the average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages drop by .18 percent, just this week; and the 15-year average rate fall by .24 percent! Freddie Mac’s chief economist, Sam Khater, commented that

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Rate Trend Improving + Signs of Buyers Coming Back!

Home sales have been slow lately, as you’ve seen me write over these past few weeks; however, I’m seeing some demand signals start to perk up. Redfin reported that their Homebuyer Demand Index, which measures home tour requests and Google searches for homes for sale, is showing a 6 percent increase in buyer activity. Freddie

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Happy New Year! What I’m Looking Forward To…

Happy 2023 friend! I hope your holiday season was magical!  We had an especially magical Christmas and welcomed our baby girl Catherine on December 19th. She is perfect in every way and we are loving being parents. We couldn’t be happier! And now, it’s time to get down to the business of a new year!

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