May 27, 2020 | Hot Topics
Home purchase applications have risen 54% since early April. It’s not as if the coronavirus pandemic has gone away, but after a sharp pullback, homebuyers are now piling back into the housing market much faster than expected. Mortgage applications to purchase a home...
May 26, 2020 | Hot Topics
Spring has historically been dubbed “home-buying season,” but as the last few months have been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is summer the next best thing? The beginning of 2020 saw the strongest time for mortgage purchase applications, and around late...
May 12, 2020 | Hot Topics
At a two-hour open house in Atlanta on Saturday, about a dozen mostly masked families toured the six-bedroom, six-bathroom, newly built home priced at just over $3 million. Noah Graubart and his wife were looking for something close to their children’s new elementary...
May 11, 2020 | Hot Topics
As the number of Americans requesting forbearance on their home loans rises, Fannie Mae FNMA, +0.59% and Freddie Mac FMCC, +1.89% are relaxing rules for mortgage servicers. As of April 12, nearly 6% of all mortgages nationwide were in forbearance, according to data...
