Existing home sales hit 9-month high with inventory at 1.43M units

Existing home sales hit 9-month high with inventory at 1.43M units

From NAR: “Existing-home sales increased for the third straight month due to lower mortgage rates this autumn,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “However, inventory growth is beginning to stall.” My central theme... Read more »
Weekly housing demand reaches multiyear high

Weekly housing demand reaches multiyear high

Mortgage purchase application data Mortgage purchase application data is a forward-looking indicator, as it typically takes about 30-90 days for purchase apps to lead to home sales. In some cases, it can... Read more »
Mile High Lifestyles Team Joins Your Castle Real Estate

Mile High Lifestyles Team Joins Your Castle Real Estate

DENVER, CO—The Mile High Lifestyles team recently joined Your Castle Real Estate (Your Castle), bringing 25 agents to the Denver-based company. The team is led by Jaden Hanson, co-founder/owner of Mile High... Read more »
Reverse mortgage case numbers reach two-year high point

Reverse mortgage case numbers reach two-year high point

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements saw a healthy increase in October 2024. They jumped by 11.3% to 2,392 loans for the month, according to data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI).... Read more »
Natural disasters push mortgage delinquencies to three-year high

Natural disasters push mortgage delinquencies to three-year high

Natural disasters drove mortgage delinquencies in November to their highest level in three years, according to a report by ICE.  Industry experts advise closely monitoring the trend but note that the share... Read more »
Celink awarded high net promoter score in recent survey

Celink awarded high net promoter score in recent survey

Lansing, Michigan-based reverse mortgage servicing company Celink this week announced that it earned a high net promoter score (NPS) of 74, which is generally considered an “excellent” rating of customer loyalty, following... Read more »
High Mortgage Rates Are Reversing the Housing Demand

High Mortgage Rates Are Reversing the Housing Demand

Let’s talk about something that’s on a lot of people’s minds: higher mortgage rates and whether they’ve completely killed the housing market’s buzz. Have rising rates finally slowed down the crazy housing demand... Read more »
3 BIG Cities Facing High Housing BUBBLE Risk: Crash Alert?

3 BIG Cities Facing High Housing BUBBLE Risk: Crash Alert?

Are some US cities about to pop? 3 US Cities on the Brink of a Housing Bubble are a real concern, and we’re going to dive deep into which ones might be in... Read more »
LA Office Leasing Hits Post-Pandemic High, Up 27% in a Year

LA Office Leasing Hits Post-Pandemic High, Up 27% in a Year

Office leasing in Los Angeles, which withered during a pandemic shift to remote work, is on the rise — but so are the number of available workplaces. Office landlords across the city... Read more »

Impossibly high home prices are 'feudalizing' California as unaffordable housing markets pose existential threat to middle class, study says – JASON MA, Fortune

There are unaffordable housing markets, and then there are “impossibly unaffordable” markets, four of which are in California, a recent study said. The housing crisis represents an obstacle to upward mobility, and... Read more »