As rate-cut hopes fade, a top LO says the real discussion with buyers has moved on to buydowns, budgets, and building in flexibility
Executive explains why more brokers are adding non-QM to their toolkit as affordability pressures shift the market
Brokers are taking a calm approach, but mortgage market watchers are still in the dark on the rate path ahead
The central bank’s latest decision arrives with plenty of uncertainty still hovering over the housing outlook
Median home prices climb and inventory tightens as high-earning tech buyers fuel activity across the Bay Area
Open Door Lending LO says affordability, not rate hopes, is now driving purchase decisions
A Philadelphia broker says life circumstances rather than rate timing keep spring and summer the busiest homebuying months
Failing a single Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac criterion could freeze financing for an entire condo association, lender warns
While the market is facing fresh uncertainty after the ceasefire’s collapse, a top mortgage lender says the fundamentals still favor buyers who can act
Market could be about to face another spell of uncertainty as Iran truce crumbles
