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Mortgage rates held steady today, keeping them in line with their lowest levels in more than a month. That's the good news. There's really not any bad news, per se. Rates could remain here or even move lower depending on events that will unfold in the coming days and weeks. But to some, the absence of improvement could be taken as a sign of resistance in the underlying bond market. The same people seeing that resistance would also be quick to point out that a good amount of the recent move lower in rates owes itself to the flare-up in US/Iran tensions, and that lower rates would rely on tensions remaining or escalating further . True, that may happen, but if it doesn't, rates would increasingly experience upward pressure as days tick by. In addition to geopolitics, interest rates will continue
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates held steady today, keeping them in line with their lowest levels in more than a month. That's the good news. There's really not any bad news, per se. Rates could remain here or even move lower depending on events that will unfold in th... (read more)
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Housing News
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While housing starts have picked up in recent months, the lack of new construction has been called a crisis by Freddie Mac , state and federal policymakers, and consumer groups, adding as it has to an overall shortage of housing for both sale and ren... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Treasuries were modestly weaker today, while MBS outperformed by holding mostly steady. That keeps the bond market well within its recent range as well as the longer-term consolidation trend (intact since mid-October). Upward pressure on ... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Money attracts criminal activity. I know that isn’t late-breaking news, but here’s a scam I hadn’t heard of involving, once again, real estate and appraisers. The good news is that when a landowner permanently protects pristine land... (read more)
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Housing News
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Freddie Mac is announcing it has put a critical homebuyer education course online. The new tutorial, called CreditSmart® Homebuyer U is free and its successful completion satisfies the HomeOne SM or Home Possible ® mortgage homeownership educ... (read more)
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Housing News
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Depending on how you look at it, either Texas and Florida or Nevada and Idaho were the fastest growing states in 2019. Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic's chief economist says that in terms of sheer numbers the first two grew dramatically, with Texas adding 3... (read more)
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