Matt Herrington / MLO

07/14/2023

View today's current mortgage rates with our national average index, calculated daily to bring you the most accurate data when purchasing or refinancing your home. Follow our daily market analysis with Mortgage Rate Watch and we'll tell you where and why rates are moving.

04/04/2022

It's ! Buying or refinancing a home can come with many unfamiliar terms. Shouldn't you feel confident when making one of the largest purchases of your life? Check out this mortgage term to get in the know.

03/08/2022

This is enough to make everyone stop and think

All too often, when it comes to consumer surveys about the future, the results tend to reflect what has already happened as opposed to what will continue to happen.  Of course, trends can remain intact, but other times, the writing is on the wall .   Looking back at the st...

03/04/2022

Moving in the right direction…

03/03/2022

Strap in and hold on…

CoreLogic released its Home Price Index for January today, showing year-over-year price appreciation of 19.1% nationally.  That's the highest rate of appreciation since this data series began in 1976.  The caveat, of course, is that CoreLogic's own forecasts call for a dece...

02/03/2022

Perspective: In February of 1982 the Mortgage Rate on a 30-year loan was 17.6% with 2.2 pts and the median family income was $23,430.

*a/p http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/pmms30.html and the US Census Bureau

What a difference a day makes.  Unfortunately, it's an unpleasant difference in this case as mortgage rates went from the lowest levels in more than a week back up to the 2 year highs in less than 24 hours.  This was partly due to the size of today's rate spike, but mostly....

01/26/2022

Thank you everyone for the Likes! Good read about your options as a homeowner in the face of these Fed hikes and rising rates

Many Americans are house-rich. Here are the best ways to tap your home for cash before rates head much higher.