Financing Purchase Applications Hit Over 11 Year High Amid Pent-Up Demand, Low Interest Rates After months of being cooped up, many Americans are set on finding their forever home--or at least a bigger space than the one they were...
Financing Mortgage Rates Set Record Lows Amid Fears of Second Wave of Coronavirus Mortgage rates dipped below 3 percent on June 11, setting an all-time low. But the reason for crazy low interest rates may not be something...
Planning + Development How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow Why putting too many financial eggs in a long-term land basket may not be the most nimble move for home builders right now
Financing Homebuyers Hungry for Mortgages Despite Rising Rates Mortgage demand from homebuyers crushed expectations after a less-than-stellar performance at the beginning of the week. CNBC reports...
Financing Government’s Mortgage Bailout Count Shrinks for First Time Since Pandemic Began For the first time since the pandemic started, the number of borrowers in both government and private-label mortgage forbearance programs...
Financing Mortgage Demand for Purchase Spikes 18% as Interest Rates Set Record Low If you’ve ever opened a shaken soda can before, you have an idea how pent-up housing demand is affecting the market right now. The mortgage...
Financing Financing for Affordable Housing Is Increasingly Harder to Secure Developers of affordable housing are having a tougher time lining up financing. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there is significant uncertainty...
Financing Mortgage Demand Spikes in April, Signaling Unexpectedly Quick Recovery There is a heat wave coming, but we’re not talking about the upcoming weather. The housing market is heating up as strong mortgage demand...
Financing Low Mortgage Rates Heat Up Market, Raise Future Mobility Concerns On May 21st, the interest rate on a 30-year home loan was 3.24 percent—a full percentage point lower than the same time in 2019, according...
Financing How Low Will Mortgage Rates Go? Right before the country was immersed in a pandemic, low interest rates dominated the real estate conversation. Buried under all the...
