Liezel Once

Liezel Once

Liezel Once joined KM International as a freelance writer in 2024, and has been writing for Mortgage Professional America and Canadian Mortgage Professional since 2025. She is a media professional with extensive background in broadcast journalism. Liezel worked as a radio, TV, and online news writer/reporter in the Philippines, covering national security, disasters, and the economy. She also contributed business, technology, and future of work articles to a BPO marketplace company.

Fed dissenters resist cut as inflation clouds mortgage outlook

Schmid and Goolsbee pressed pause on cuts, keeping mortgage markets on edge

Fed dissenters resist cut as inflation clouds mortgage outlook

Three in four homeowners eye mortgage alternatives as frustrations with lenders grow

New survey points to rising demand for flexible, no-payment ways to tap home equity

Three in four homeowners eye mortgage alternatives as frustrations with lenders grow

Home flipping profits slide to 17‑year low

Thin margins put more pressure on leveraged flippers

Home flipping profits slide to 17‑year low

Plenty of hopeful homebuyers and sellers fear a 2026 housing crash

Survey shows deep anxiety but guarded optimism about next year's housing market

Plenty of hopeful homebuyers and sellers fear a 2026 housing crash

Bessent targets FSOC in push to loosen market guardrails

Treasury shift on systemic risk reignites post‑crisis regulation debate for lenders.

Bessent targets FSOC in push to loosen market guardrails

Mortgage rates hold near 2025 lows as Fed strikes cautious tone

Slight rate uptick kept borrowing costs near this year’s floor

Mortgage rates hold near 2025 lows as Fed strikes cautious tone

Home prices slip into first decline in two years

The latest high‑frequency data suggested values have softened modestly, not crashed

Home prices slip into first decline in two years

Trump blasts Fed rate cut as mortgage market weighs next moves

Third straight cut stoked political pressure and questions over mortgage rate relief

Trump blasts Fed rate cut as mortgage market weighs next moves

What the Fed cut means for the mortgage market

Lenders weigh a familiar cut against stubborn inflation and fragile housing demand

What the Fed cut means for the mortgage market

NY property tax exemptions could be a boon for older homeowners

Law gives localities power to lift tax relief cap for certain owners

NY property tax exemptions could be a boon for older homeowners