Gone are the days of the zero-down mortgage. At least for the typical home buyer. Instead, the 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers from… Read More »Down Payments on Houses Rise to Highest Levels in Over 20 Years
I’ve already written about it not being the best time to buy a home right now, at least from a pure investment standpoint. In short,… Read More »It Now Takes More Than a Decade to Break Even on a Home Purchase
Here’s an interesting question: “What mortgage has the best interest rate?” Before we dive in, “best” questions are always a bit difficult to answer universally.… Read More »What Mortgage Has the Best Interest Rate and Why?
It’s time to check out “Inspire Home Loans,” which is the lending partner of home builder Century Communities. They pride themselves on knowing how their… Read More »Inspire Home Loans Review: You Might Be Able to Snag Major Savings When Buying a New Home
Thanks to a record number of price cuts and a big improvement in mortgage rates, home buying conditions have improved tremendously. Taken together, you might… Read More »Redfin Says It’s the Best Time to Buy a Home Since Mid-September: Should You Buy Now or Hold On?
It’s time to check out “Toll Brothers Mortgage,” which is a subsidiary of home builder Toll Brothers. Toll Brothers is one of the largest home… Read More »Toll Brothers Mortgage Review: The Builder’s Lender Is Hard to Beat
Mortgage rates finally caught a break last week after steadily rising throughout much of 2023. The 30-year fixed fell about a half a percentage point… Read More »CEO of Nation’s #1 Mortgage Lender Expects Mortgage Rates to Be Lower Before the Election
If you’ve got your eye on a Taylor Morrison home, you may have come across their affiliated lender “Taylor Morrison Home Funding.” As with many… Read More »Taylor Morrison Home Funding Review: Huge Mortgage Rate Buydowns Make Them Hard to Beat
While there has been some debate about the so-called mortgage rate lock-in effect, it appears to be a pretty legit force in the housing market… Read More »Low Mortgage Rates Are the #1 Reason Homeowners Aren’t Moving
In order to make homeownership more accessible, loanDepot has launched a new program called “accessZERO.” As the name suggests, it allows prospective home buyers to… Read More »loanDepot accessZERO: You Can Buy a Home with Zero Down Again
