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POLL: Of your buyers who take title subject to an existing mortgage, how often does the lender call the loan due or demand fees and modification of rates on an assumption?

by ft Editorial Staff | May 31, 2022 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 0

This week’s poll asks readers to weigh in on all things existing mortgage. Share your experiences with us!

San Diego housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 10, 2022 | Charts, Forecasts, Mortgages, Real Estate, San Diego | 29

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

Riverside housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 9, 2022 | 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.

Los Angeles housing indicators

by ft Editorial Staff | May 9, 2022 | 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...