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Mortgage Points or No Points?

January 4, 2021

Mortgage borrowers often have a choice to pay more up front in points to get an interest rate reduction or save money and accept a higher rate. It’s a choice that more buyers are considering, particularly jumbo borrowers—those who borrow more than $510,400 in most locales. Borrowers should carefully weigh the decision when choosing to […]

Filed Under: Client Tips, CVAR Connect, Pro Tips Tagged With: #CVARmembers, cvarconnect, fixed-rate, lender, loan, mortgage, mortgage rate, points, REALTOR®Mag

Fixed Rates Continue Decline

January 2, 2019

This holiday season has brought good news for anyone looking to buy a house or refinance a mortgage. According to the latest data released last Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average dipped to 4.55% with an average 0.5 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1% of the loan amount.) It was […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs Tagged With: fixed-rate, Freddie Mac, mortgage rates, Steven Mnuchin, Washington Post

Home Appreciation: Winners, Losers

March 26, 2018

Consumer confidence is at a 17-year high, and mortgage rates have been steadily climbing since January. As of mid-March, the U.S. weekly average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 4.44%, 0.49 percentage points higher than in January. Given that the economy is going strong, Freddie Mac forecasts the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to average 4.9% in […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs, Industry News, National News Tagged With: Black Knight Data & Analytics, consumer confidence, fixed-rate, Freddie Mac, home equity, Housing market, housing price index, mortgage rate, Tax Bill

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