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How Real Estate Agents Can Drive Sales While Building Stronger Communities
The face of homeownership is changing. Diverse households—especially Hispanic, Black, and Asian families—are driving housing demand and will account for more than 70% of net new homeowners in the coming decades, according to the Urban Institute. Yet these groups remain underserved due to persistent barriers like misinformation, credit access issues and limited affordable inventory. Real… […]
COVID Concerns Drive Rates Lower, Refi Volume Rises
Refinancing continues to support mortgage application activity while purchase applications continued to weaken during the week ended July 23. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 5.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the prior week and the unadjusted index was up 6 […]