🏡 2024 Homebuyer & Seller Trends You Need to Know!

Mortgage activity holds steady amid rate fluctuations

Plus: NAR hasn’t lost many members

Fed cuts its key interest rate by a quarter-point

Plus: UWM reports sharply lower profit in third quarter

🏡 Appraisal Waivers Getting Better in 2025!

Creative ways homebuyers are getting lower mortgage rates

Plus: Average age of U.S. homebuyers jumps to 56

NerdWallet enters mortgage business with the acquisition of Next Door Lending

Plus: New rules have little impact on commissions

HUD pledges $12 Million to boost housing affordability

Plus: Judge grants final approval to 9 commission settlements

💡 Nearly Half of Buyers Are Doing This to Lower Payments – Have You Heard?

FHFA to allow alternative appraisal methods on purchases up to 97% LTV

Plus: Okavage Group appeals UWM suit dismissal

MBA emphasizes urgent need for RESPA Section 8 reforms and modernizations

Plus: The most affordable markets according to the WSJ

New home sales highest in nearly ~1.5 years

Plus: Existing-home sales hit a 14-year low

Why Mortgage Rates Have Gone to 💩