Homebuilder confidence fell to a four-month low in January
Homebuilder confidence slipped to a four-month low in January as firms became slightly less optimistic about sales against a backdrop of higher house prices and construction costs.
Homebuilder confidence slipped to a four-month low in January as firms became slightly less optimistic about sales against a backdrop of higher house prices and construction costs.
Today’s mortgage and refinance rates Average mortgage rates had a good week last week with another small fall on Friday. They’re now 10 or 11 basis points (a basis point […]
Millions of CARES Act mortgage forbearance plans are set to end in September and October Should you extend your forbearance plan or exit?
Mortgage rates are coming off a rough week– the roughest , in fact, since June 2020 by some measures. That’s the last time rates rose this quickly for market-driven reasons. There were a few instances of bigger moves in Aug/Sept as the new refinance fee was announced, delayed, and ultimately implemented. Either way, things aren’t great right now, relatively speaking. The “relative” qualification is important considering this abrupt move higher has yet to threaten to take the average top tier 30yr fixed quote above 3%–far from it, in fact. Most lenders can still offer 2.875% or better on refis and 2.625% or better on purchases. This assumes an ideal scenario with 20%+ equity, strong credit, etc. If this drama were to conclude right now, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal in the bigger picture
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A few hours after markets closed yesterday, news began coming out regarding a Biden aide mentioning tonight's stimulus proposal would be in the $2 trillion neighborhood. That's quite a bit more than the $1.3 trillion that had been making the rounds a few hours prior (the same number was thrown around more than a month ago as well). Treasuries reacted to this overnight with a whopping sell-off of 3bps. This reflects the fact that markets have largely priced in some sort of $1.3+ trillion in additional spending/relief. We won't get a chance to any additional reaction until tomorrow's trading session, as Biden won't be speaking until after 7pm ET. It's another light day in terms of economic data, with Jobless Claims already out at 965k vs 795k forecast and 784k previously…(read more)
Not knowing your mortgage rate can be an expensive mistake, especially in this rising interest rate market.
Yet nearly three-in-10 mortgage borrowers (29 percent) either didn’t know their mortgage rate or wouldn’t say, according to a survey by Bankrate.
This is a big problem, says Martin Choy, operations manager at Westwood Mortgage in Seattle.
After falling to a record low last week, the average U.S. mortgage rate for a 30-year fixed loan remained at 2.67% this week.
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