I’ve mentioned on several occasions that I predicted a sub-6% mortgage rate by the fourth quarter of 2025. We are now in the fourth quarter,… Read More »Just How Likely Is a 30-Year Mortgage Rate Below 6% by December 31st?
Lately, mortgage rates have been kind of stuck in a holding pattern, though drifting lower at the same time. At last glance, the 30-year fixed… Read More »How We Get to Sub-6% Mortgage Rates By the End of 2025
During a National Association for Business Economics (NABE) conference in Philadelphia, Fed Chair Jerome Powell admitted they maybe went too far buying up mortgage-backed securities… Read More »Powell Admits Mortgage-Backed Security Purchases May Have Gone Too Far
Well, it appears the rumors were true. You’ll soon be able to earn Bilt points when you make your monthly mortgage payment. Today, UWM and… Read More »UWM Customers Will Soon Earn Bilt Points for On-Time Mortgage Payments
It’s now been 10 days since the government shutdown began and mortgage rates appear to be moving lower. They were already near three-year lows heading… Read More »Mortgage Rates Below Year-Ago Levels as Shutdown Reaches Day 10
Recently, Better Home & Finance Holding Company (or simply “Better”) said it executed two agreements that it believes will materially increase its monthly home loan… Read More »Better Mortgage Expects Business to Boom Thanks to Two New Mega Partnerships
President Trump has called on the big home builders to build more homes in a new social media post. It’s no secret that housing affordability… Read More »The Problem with Trump’s Plan to Build More Homes
I got to thinking that mortgage rates might be kind of stuck where they are until more new data gets released. There’s just one little… Read More »Are Mortgage Rates Stuck Without New Economic Data?
What was long thought impossible might now be probable; mortgage rates in the 5s in 2025. I’ve actually been expecting it, and penciled a 5.875%… Read More »Mortgage Rates Could Fall Into the 5s This Year If the Shutdown Persists
In a bid to help more gig workers, freelancers, and self-employed borrowers tap into their equity, mortgage lender Better has launched a new “Bank Statement… Read More »Better Mortgage Launches a Bank Statement HELOC
