San Diego housing indicators
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Riverside housing indicators
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Los Angeles housing indicators
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Low interest rates are here to stay, spurring refinancing; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2020)
Interest rates hit historic lows for mortgages; Plummeting interest rates send refinances soaring; The yield spread forecasts the long recovery ahead
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Homebuyers weigh mortgage rate options; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2016)
How long will low FRM rates last?; Higher ARM rates are less attractive; PMI — more expensive, but shorter-lived than MIP
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Homebuyers ARM themselves to combat rocketing prices, Weekly Statistical Update 04/21/2014
Lucrative ARM rates invite risk; ARM use on a short-term price bounce; Higher interest rates hinder ability to borrow
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Buyer purchasing power withers, Weekly Statistical Update, 10/21/2013
Buyer purchasing power withers, Weekly Statistical Update, 10/21/2013
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Why shouldn’t we hate Wall Street?
This article disputes the claim that Wall Street is a vital component of a thriving economy and argues the current mortgage lending environment actually stifles the upward mobility of the middle class.
Read MoreFinancially illiterate homebuyers in distress – agents to the rescue!
For many prospective homebuyers, the details of mortgage financing are just about as foreign and obscure as quantum physics. According to a recent survey by Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, prospective homebuyers answered basic...
Read MoreSome dread the demise of Fannie and Freddie
A housing market devoid of any government-backed mortgage guarantee but still serving the best interest of homeowners is inconceivable, according to a letter to the editor published in the New York Times. Many prospective...
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