We knew it would happen sooner or later and so it has. The Millennial generation, the single largest group of current consumers, is finally looking to buy a home. In fact, in the past 12 months, Millennials have topped the list of home buyers. It’s time for this generation to make its mark on the housing industry and take its…
With things a little slow in the mortgage world, the conversation again comes around to refinances. Rates have increased slightly and according to those “in the know,” they should continue to rise. With the rise in mortgage rates, smart money says refinances will decline (again). But, we have heard that before and refi’s seem to be hanging around. Maybe this…
After the elections, all we heard was that the Fed would most likely raise rates 2 or 3 times in 2017, maybe more. The smart money was that the 10-year treasury would yield about 3% by now. Mortgage rates were going to go up! Not quite, in fact, the 10 year is still below 2.5% and rates ain’t so high.…
We got some good news! Home inventories may be down, but first time home buyers are up. Sales this spring to first-time homebuyers were at their highest level since 1999. Woo-hoo!!! First-time homebuyers made up about 57% of the purchase mortgage market, with almost 970,000 new loans. That’s good for business. But, what happened to all the repeat buyers? Are…
Right now, about 67 million people comprise what is known as the Millennial generation. That represents about one-quarter of the country’s purchasing power and is a lot of clout for one group. But, as we have learned things are quite different with this generation. They don’t do things like prior generations. For one thing, they don’t use credit and credit…
The government, the agencies, consumer groups, and trade organizations are all looking for more ways to increase homeownership. The homeownership rate has hit a wall and seems to be stagnant at its lowest levels in the past 50 years. In part, this is due to fewer homes now on the market for sale, with even fewer in the ‘affordable’ category;…
