U.S. Housing Market Faces 4 Million-Home Shortage--Realtor.com® Calls on Lawmakers to Let America Build

Mortgage Rates Back Near Yesterday's Levels After Starting Out Lower

The average mortgage lender was briefly able to offer noticeably lower rates this morning compared to yesterday's latest levels. Credit goes to this morning's jobs report for coming in a bit weaker than expected. What do jobs have to do with rates? Rates are based on bonds and bonds are heavily infl

Mortgage Rates Higher For 3rd Straight Day

You may see conflicting news about mortgage rates today, depending on where you look. Weekly surveys, such as Freddie Mac's, are showing a fairly big drop from last week. That was indeed the case over the 5 business days of the weekly survey, but that data is now quite stale.   More timely

What Makes a Market Hot? Realtor.com Finds Homes in the Most On-Demand Markets Spend Two to Four Weeks Less on Market