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Mortgage applications increased 0.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 2, 2016. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased…

The latest National Appraisal Volume Index report from a la mode mirrored a lot of the same results from last week as the start of school takes focus away from house hunting. Looking at this week’s mortgage application report, will…

Count the analysts of FBR & Co. among those thinking that 2016 is going to end up being one of the strongest years for mortgage lending in recent memory. In a new report, FBR analysts Paul Miller and Tim Hayes…

It’s all quiet on the mortgage application front, per the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Basically, there are minor movements in one direction or the other each week, but it’s all in the same ballpark, and has been…

The housing market is hard for anyone to enter, much less college students. Now, students at California schools are being forced to drive up to five hours per day just to commute to school in order to avoid rents of…

A recent NAHB post shows that, after rising to a record high, the size of new single-family homes has leveled off and, as of the second quarter of 2016, is now trending downward slightly. Several things could be responsible. NAHB (and others) have emphasized a changing…

New state laws relating to real estate have taken effect over the summer, many of which could impact homeowners, homebuyers and sellers in certain states. One such law, enacted in California, equalizes the rules governing escrow services performed by real…

Lack of construction workers is becoming a major issue not just for construction companies, but for the entire housing market. During the housing crisis the industry lost about 30% of its workers. Now, however, those workers don’t want to go…