Category: Mortgage News

Mortgage Rates vs. the Coronavirus: We Might Test New All-Time Lows

January 19, 2021 Mortgage News Mortgage Rates Mortgage Refinance

Mortgage rates can be pretty volatile. Just like stocks, they can change daily depending on what’s happening in the economy. Beyond that, mortgage rates can move based on news that doesn’t involve a report on the economic calendar, such as a jobs report, GDP, housing starts, inflation, etc. Even if there isn’t a direct financial [&hellip

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United Wholesale Mortgage Now Offering FHA Loans with Rates Below 2%

January 19, 2021 Mortgage News Mortgage Rates Mortgage Refinance

The leading wholesale mortgage lender in the nation has brought the heat once again, this time offering 30-year fixed mortgage rates below 2% on FHA loans. United Wholesale Mortgage announced that borrowers can now lock in interest rates as low as 1.99% on FHA-backed loans via its popular Conquest program. The new Conquest for FHA [&hellip

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It’s Taking a Really Long Time to Get a Mortgage Right Now

January 11, 2021 Mortgage News Mortgage Rates Mortgage Refinance

Similar to the increased waiting times to get a COVID-19 test these days, it’s taking an extended amount of time to get a mortgage to the finish line. The reason is simply unprecedented demand, just like those COVID-19 tests. The more people that need one, the longer the wait, period. This is the downside to [&hellip

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Value of U.S. Housing Market Hits Another All-Time High

January 11, 2021 Mortgage News Mortgage Refinance

In the second quarter of 2020, the U.S. housing market hit an all-time high of $32.8 trillion, per The Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds Report, as referenced in the latest Monthly Chartbook from the Urban Institute. That was up from roughly $32.4 trillion in the first quarter of 2020, thanks to an increase in home [&hellip

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