You’ve heard the news. FHFA Director Bill Pulte has ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin accepting VantageScore credit scores immediately. The notice was… Read More »Will Paying Rent on Time Really Make It Easier to Get a Mortgage?
Somewhat amazingly, the 30-year fixed is once again priced back near 7% thanks to a hot jobs report. While many expected a soft report that… Read More »For Mortgage Rates, lt’s All Eyes on Labor at This Point
A lot of people (even industry folks) speak about HELOCs and home equity loans interchangeably. As if they’re essentially the same thing and not even… Read More »A Key Difference Between HELOCs and Home Equity Loans Could Matter Again Soon
The popular trading platform Robinhood has teamed up with Sage Home Loans to offer big mortgage rate discounts to its Gold members. While Robinhood hasn’t… Read More »Robinhood Partners with Sage Home Loans to Offer Mortgage Rate Discounts to Gold Members
I was thinking about mortgage rates, as I often do, when I decided to pose a question to Grok, the LLM chatbot owned by xAI.… Read More »Will Mortgage Rates Be Higher or Lower by the End of 2025? I Asked AI.
The Rocket Mortgage acquisition of Redfin is now complete. You might notice changes if you visit the Redfin website, or if you update the app… Read More »Rocket Mortgage Completes Redfin Takeover, Offers $6,000 Home Buyer Credit
While President Trump and FHFA Director Pulte continue to call for lower rates, mortgage rates have quietly marched down to their 2025 lows. It’s kind… Read More »Mortgage Rates Quietly Fall to Lows of 2025
President Trump’s latest salvo against Fed Chair Jerome Powell called for 1% interest rates. And he added that he’d “love him to resign if he… Read More »Trump Wants Interest Rates Cut to 1%. What Would That Mean for Mortgage Rates?
There’s been a lot of hubbub about crypto-backed mortgages in the past 24 hours. But the excitement (of crypto enthusiasts) might be a little overdone.… Read More »What the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Crypto Order Really Means
In testimony to the House Financial Services Committee today, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said they haven’t cut rates this year because of the tariffs.… Read More »Powell Says They’d Still Be Cutting If There Weren’t Tariffs, and Chances Are Mortgage Rates Would Be Lower Too
