Category: Real Estate News

Interest rate fluctuations and anxiety over new mortgage rules had borrowers rushing to their lenders.

New paperwork and disclosure rules for lenders could delay the mortgage process and cost consumers cash.

Cash-out home refinances jumped 68 percent in the second quarter of this year compared to a year ago. Should we be worried?

Developer William Lie Zeckendorf is confident his latest luxury project, 520 Park Ave. in Manhattan, will be a success.

A volatile stock market spooked would-be borrowers, causing mortgage applications to drop by 6.7 percent.

Developers are enticing the renter nation generation into home ownership through very small condos.

Rising home prices and a tight supply of homes for sale are keeping buyers at bay, as pending homes sales fell in August.

The drama leading up to and following the Fed’s decision not to raise interest rates had mortgage borrowers busy last week.

Kevin Watters, CEO of Chase Mortgage, says FHA loans are subprime lending, and “we’re not in the subprime lending business.”

Do homebuyers care about rising rates? Short answer: Sort of. Here’s why.