Mortgage Application Volume, Tiny Increase in Purchase Activity Ends 5-Week Slump

September 14, 2022 By: Lexi Malen

This is a very good article to help deepen the understanding of what is happening in the mortgage industry and to mortgage companies. Over the next 9-15 months it...

4 Positives about today’s housing market

September 7, 2022 By: Lexi Malen

In general I agree with much of what is said in this article. First and foremost I do not believe we are headed to a home value crash, the...

HELOCs are now “raging back”

August 17, 2022 By: Lexi Malen

As the 30 year fixed rate 1st mortgages have gone from the high 2’s to the mid 5’s in 2022 and along with our incredible home appreciation over the last...

Mortgage rates fall sharply after negative GDP report and Fed’s latest hike

August 4, 2022 By: Lexi Malen

Often mortgage rates “bake in” expected fed rate hikes, meaning that the mortgage markets take the expected news and mortgage rates push up before the fed announcements. In this...

How “generation rent” is approaching home buying in 2022

June 30, 2022 By: Lexi Malen

It is great to see Gen Z and Millennials entering the housing market. While it is a tough buyers’ market with the short supply and increasing rates there are...