Resilient - Real Estate Investor Pulse

Mortgage Rates Are Heading Back Up as Resilient Economy Stokes Inflation Fears

July 7, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

A key bond market indicator is signaling mortgage rates are headed back up and may even push the average for a 30-year loan past its recent 20-year high of more than 7%. The yield on […]

Bank Failures. High Inflation. Rising Rates. Is the Resilient Jobs Market About to Crack?

April 7, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

The U.S. labor market has been on a tear since the economy bounced back from the pandemic, with employers adding 5.6 million jobs since the start of 2022 alone. Despite a wave of layoffs in technology and […]

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 […]