Steady Rates Signal Strong Buying and Refinance Demand

Steady Rates Signal Strong Buying and Refinance Demand

As of December 20th, 2025, today’s mortgage rates are holding steady, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.03% and the 15-year fixed rate at 5.42%, according to Zillow. While these... Read more »
Higher mortgage rates are pumping the brakes on refinance activity

Higher mortgage rates are pumping the brakes on refinance activity

Refinance volume is only a fraction of what it was three years ago when mortgage rates plummeted to historic lows, but borrowers have returned in greater numbers this year. Recent data from... Read more »
Lender Data Shows Refinance Offers Have Increased 42% Nationwide Over the Last Year — RISMedia

Lender Data Shows Refinance Offers Have Increased 42% Nationwide Over the Last Year — RISMedia

Remember the days of 3% mortgage rates? As a relieved nation emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, along with it came those historically low average mortgage rates below 5.00%, 4.00% or... Read more »
Developer Panku Scores M Refinance on Irvine Apartments

Developer Panku Scores $82M Refinance on Irvine Apartments

Panku, a real estate development firm run by Alex Wang, has refinanced an apartment complex in Irvine — the first project the company completed.  Western & Southern Life Assurance provided a five-year,... Read more »
CalSTRS scores M Refinance on West LA Office Building

CalSTRS scores $70M Refinance on West LA Office Building

Not all office buildings have trouble finding new money.  The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has scored a $70 million loan to refinance its 337,400-square-foot office building at 11755 Wilshire Boulevard, according... Read more »