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Riverside housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 5, 2021 | Charts, Forecasts, Inland Empire, Mortgages, Real Estate | 11

View these Riverside regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its local housing market.

San Diego housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 4, 2021 | Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 29

View these charts for current activity and forecasts for San Diego’s housing market.

Los Angeles housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 4, 2021 | Charts, first tuesday Local, Forecasts, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Mortgages, Real Estate | 11

View these Los Angeles regional charts for details on current activity and forecasts for its housing market.

Low interest rates are here to stay, spurring refinancing; Monthly Statistical Update (November 2020)

by ft Editorial Staff | Nov 2, 2020 | Charts, Market Watch, Monthly Statistical Update, Real Estate | 0

Interest rates hit historic lows for mortgages; Plummeting interest rates send refinances soaring; The yield spread forecasts the long recovery ahead

Homebuyers weigh mortgage rate options; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2016)

by ft Editorial Staff | May 2, 2016 | Charts, Market Watch, Monthly Statistical Update | 0

How long will low FRM rates last?; Higher ARM rates are less attractive; PMI — more expensive, but shorter-lived than MIP

Homebuyers ARM themselves to combat rocketing prices, Weekly Statistical Update 04/21/2014

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 21, 2014 | Monthly Statistical Update, Real Estate | 0

Lucrative ARM rates invite risk; ARM use on a short-term price bounce; Higher interest rates hinder ability to borrow

Buyer purchasing power withers, Weekly Statistical Update, 10/21/2013

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 21, 2013 | Monthly Statistical Update, Real Estate | 0

Buyer purchasing power withers, Weekly Statistical Update, 10/21/2013

Why shouldn’t we hate Wall Street?

by ft Editorial Staff | Feb 6, 2012 | Feature Articles, Finance, Market Watch, Real Estate | 0

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.

Financially illiterate homebuyers in distress – agents to the rescue!

by Connor P. Wallmark | May 18, 2011 | Buyers and Sellers, Economics, Fundamentals, Real Estate | 1

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...

Some dread the demise of Fannie and Freddie

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 21, 2011 | Real Estate | 16

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...