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Advice from the Top: ERA Brokers, Executives Offer Insight Into Advancing Women’s Leadership in Real Estate
In celebration of Women’s History Month, ERA Real Estate’s Hera Society, the brand’s dedicated group focused on advancing women leadership within the affiliated network and the industry, recently hosted a roundtable discussion to uncover actionable insights to advance greater inclusion for women in real estate leadership. Representing more than 130 years of collective real estate […]
Student Loan Debt Holding Back Majority of Millennials from Homeownership
Student Loan Debt Is Curbing Millennial Homeownership Americans with high student debt often must choose between retirement investment, buying a home, getting married, starting a family, or saving money. Media Contact: Tori Syrek
Mortgage Rates Drift Up From Recent Lows
Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch Mortgage rates were unchanged to slightly higher today, depending on the lender. The differences in pricing strategies stem from the timing of changes in the bond market. Mortgage lenders set their rates based on the prices of mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which change constantly throughout the day. Despite those changes, there’s […]
Exhausting Home Prices; No Big Digital Push From Covid; Big News For Refi Rates As Adverse Market Fee is Removed
It was big, bad news when it came out last summer. Almost a year later, the 50 basis point “adverse market fee,” which affected a majority of refinance mortgages has been eliminated! Backstory In early August 2020, Fannie and Freddie (who collectively buy or guarantee a vast majority of all mortgages) announced that virtually all […]
Housing Market Update: Home Prices Increased a Record 17%, Pending Sales Up 19% From a Year Earlier
The average sale-to-list price ratio passed 100% for the first time as home prices surge….(read more) Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it. Around The Web
Pending Home Sales Retreat 2.8% in January, but Climb From Last Year
Pending Home Sales Retreat 2.8% in January Pending home sales took a step backward in January as inventory constraints continue to hold back prospective buyers. Media Contact: Quintin Simmons 202-383-1178
Five key takeaways from Janet Yellen’s Treasury confirmation hearing
An audience of mostly friendly legislators questioned Yellen across a variety of topics….(read more) Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it. Around The Web
Mortgage Rates Edge Higher From Long-Term Lows
Mortgage rates hit another all-time low on Friday for most lenders. Other lenders had slightly lower rates yesterday morning. Since then however, almost every lender has moved up from those lows, even if only by microscopically small amounts in the bigger picture. Purchases and refinances continue to be offered at vastly different rates. The gap […]
Mortgage Rates Well-Protected From Jobs Report Volatility
Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch Tomorrow brings the month’s most important economic report: the Employment Situation, often referred to simply as “the jobs report.” No other piece of economic data has remotely the same track record of inspiring movement in the bond market (which, in turn, inspires movement in interest rates). But not all interest […]
Commentary: 8 Things Your Real Estate Clients Expect From You
Without accounting for your real estate clients’ common needs and expectations, you might be underperforming and risk losing their business. Here are eight things your real estate clients are expecting from you as their real estate professional: Be available. Make yourself available to your clients as often as possible. Even if you cannot answer right […]