Enact CEO Rohit Gupta talks mortgage insurance as homebuyers struggle with down payments

Enact CEO Rohit Gupta talks mortgage insurance as homebuyers struggle with down payments

Rohit Gupta, Enact CEO, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the state of housing and mortgage rates. Source link Read more »
Altos: More sellers and price reductions, but fewer homebuyers

Altos: More sellers and price reductions, but fewer homebuyers

Price reductions ticked up this week for the first time since November in the face of rising mortgage rates. Inventory is rising across the country as home-buying affordability takes another hit. The... Read more »
Weekly mortgage demand from homebuyers is flattening as interest rates rise

Weekly mortgage demand from homebuyers is flattening as interest rates rise

Thianchai Sitthikongsak | Moment | Getty Images Mortgage demand is struggling to contend with what appears to be another upswing in interest rates. Homebuyers in particular are pulling back. Total mortgage application... Read more »
Even rising mortgage rates won’t stop homebuyers

Even rising mortgage rates won’t stop homebuyers

Homebuyers are proving to have some pretty thick skin. Home prices are still rising, supply is getting leaner, mortgage rates are going up and competition is intense. Yet despite all the headwinds,... Read more »
What makes Gen Z homebuyers different?

What makes Gen Z homebuyers different?

Entering the real estate finance world in the summer of 2022 as a 23-year-old, I immediately felt like a fish out of water. Attending industry-related conferences and visiting clients, I was typically... Read more »
What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

The housing market cheered as the Federal Reserve signaled interest rate cuts next year after making a series of rapid rate hikes starting in 2022.  While the central bank did not completely... Read more »
2023 was the worst year for homebuyers on record

2023 was the worst year for homebuyers on record

High mortgage rates, a lack of inventory and elevated home prices have turned 2023 into the least affordable year for homebuyers on record. Luckily, economists are projecting some improvements for next year,... Read more »
Top 10 ways to get homebuyers to work with you

Top 10 ways to get homebuyers to work with you

How do you articulate the value you bring when representing a homebuyer in a real estate transaction? You know what you do, but how do you explain it in such a way... Read more »
Impatient homebuyers are gradually accepting the reality of the housing market: BofA

Impatient homebuyers are gradually accepting the reality of the housing market: BofA

Prospective homebuyers are slowly growing less sensitive to home prices and high-interest rates, and fewer of them are willing to wait for a better market to buy a home.  According to Bank... Read more »
Homebuyers made larger down payments as mortgage rates surged in Q3: Realtor.com

Homebuyers made larger down payments as mortgage rates surged in Q3: Realtor.com

Homebuyers are forking over larger down payments to offset higher borrowing costs thanks to mortgage rates hitting multi-decade highs. On average, homebuyers put down 14.7% of the home’s purchase price for a... Read more »