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The Home Price correction’s latest shift, as told by 6 housing market charts

March 14, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

An updated analysis of Zillow Home Value Index data by Fortune (see chart below), finds that 38% of the nation’s 200 largest housing markets saw a month-over-month home price decline in February. That share has steadily declined over the […]

More Charts, Fewer Words (Recapping This Month’s Mortgage Monitor From Black Knight)

March 7, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

Black Knight releases a robust collection of mortgage/housing info each month via its Mortgage Monitor report. There are always more charts than we have time and room to post, but the charts are typically more […]

Rocket lost money last year, so why are its shares up?

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, lost money in 2023, but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Despite reporting […]

Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation […]

Jobs data sends mortgage rates higher

February 3, 2024 Comments Off

Today we got a jobs Friday hat trick! Better headline jobs were reported, with positive revisions and more robust wage growth, which caught bond traders off guard and sent bond yields and mortgage rates […]