Zillow: It’d take an ‘unrealistic’ mortgage rate drop to restore housing market affordability

Zillow: It’d take an ‘unrealistic’ mortgage rate drop to restore housing market affordability

Asking Lance Lambert more apartment market stories ResistubIn the Inbox? SubscribeResistubBulletin. The last Zillow analysis shows that more than one percentage of more than one percent will be more than a smaller than 4.43%. And this is the first time buyers receive a 20% cheaper fee. Even in several highly valuable coastal metroes, even 0% … Read more

Housing market watch: Would taking Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae public drive up mortgage rates in 2026?

Housing market watch: Would taking Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae public drive up mortgage rates in 2026?

Asking Lance Lambert more apartment market storiesResistubIn the Inbox? SubscribeResistubBulletin. At the beginning of this month, the President of the Donald Trump Party signed a bill of reconciliation / tax overhaul. In the rear review mirror, the truce with truce / taxes, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae protection can move texture. After all, in May, … Read more

What happens to mortgage rates if conservatorship ends for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae?

What happens to mortgage rates if conservatorship ends for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae?

Asking Lance Lambert more apartment market storiesResistubIn the Inbox? SubscribeResistubBulletin. Last month, the new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Credit Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) can not push mortgage rates, he said. “Currently is a priority tax policy – we will think about it after eliminating [ending conservatorship]. … Read more

Fed Rate Cut: Expert Explains Effect on Mortgage Rates, CDs

Fed Rate Cut: Expert Explains Effect on Mortgage Rates, CDs

Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday cut the federal funds rate, or the rate at which banks borrow from each other, by 25 basis points, or 0.25%. The central bank’s rate-setting committee, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), announced on Wednesday that the target range for the federal funds rate was 4.25% to 4.5%. Federal Reserve … Read more