Mortgage Rates Tick Down, But Likely Headed Back Up This Week
A lot of people don’t understand the different options they have when looking for a mortgage loan. There’s fixed, adjustable, and hybrid and each have differences that mean it can…
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A lot of people don’t understand the different options they have when looking for a mortgage loan. There’s fixed, adjustable, and hybrid and each have differences that mean it can…
Characterizing it a sign of “seller confidence” and “an indication of a strong early beginning to the spring home buying season,” the National Association of Realtors has just revealed that…
Having closed the gap in the fourth quarter of 2013, the number of single-family homes and condominiums listed for sale in San Francisco (389) is back to being lower on…
With seasonality in play, the number of homes sales in San Francisco has increased an average of 13 percent from January to February over the past decade. Last month, the…
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Purchase Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume for home purchases across the country, dropped 1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis last week. On…
Listed for $2,599,000 last month, the John Maniscalco designed home at 836 Alvarado has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $3,400,000 ($1,037 per square foot). Yes, that’s $801,000…
Having dropped to 4.8 percent in December, its first time below 5 percent since early 2008, the unemployment rate in San Francisco ticked back up to 5.3 percent in January.…
While the National Association of Realtor’s Pending Home Sales Index edged up 0.1 percent in January, it’s down 9.0 percent on a year-over-year basis with a lack of inventory continuing…
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked up from 4.33 to 4.37 percent over the past week and is within 21 basis points of the 33-month high rate…
The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. increased to an annual rate of 468,000 in January, up 2.2 percent year-over-year and the highest rate since…