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Confidence Down? Consumer Searches for These Topics Surge

August 17, 2020

As we reported in CVAR Connect a couple weeks ago, Fannie Mae’s monthly Home Purchase Sentiment Index showed that respondents who thought it was a good time to buy a home decreased from 61% to 53%. Despite that decline in confidence, the pandemic has both increased and altered demand for housing, and it has also […]

Filed Under: CVAR Connect, Pro Tips Tagged With: confidence, cvarconnect, Fannie Mae, First-time buyer, foreclosure, Google Search, migration, Pandemic, refinance

Refinance Requests Soar With Rate Drop

March 23, 2020

Record-low mortgage rates are delivering more refinancing demand than some lenders can handle. Homeowners are rushing to refinance their mortgages thanks to big falls in interest rates prompted by fears of the spreading coronavirus. Some lenders are having trouble keeping up with the red-hot demand. Weekly refinancing applications recently hit their highest level in nearly […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs Tagged With: #CoronavirusFallout, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fed cut, refinance, Wall Street Journal

Client Tip: Race to Refinance Is Costing Homeowners

January 13, 2020

Many Americans who need cash are taking it out of their homes but at higher interest rates. Over the past two years, a big chunk of homeowners have refinanced to tap their home equity–cash-out refinancings, as they are known–to free up money to pay down credit-card debt, renovate or invest in a new property. Nearly […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs Tagged With: #CVARmembers, cash-out refinancing, Interest rates, mortgage rate, refinance, WSJ

Client Tip: 3 Reasons to Refi

January 6, 2020

The Federal Reserve – the organization responsible for setting mortgage interest rates – decided to cut rates for the third time this year in October, resulting in some of the lowest interest rates we’ve seen in a while. This has led many homeowners to wonder if now is a good time for them to refinance […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs Tagged With: ARM, Federal Reserve, Forbes, interest rate, mortgage rate, refinance

Dec. 30 CVAR At A Glance

December 30, 2019

CVAR Closed Dec. 31-Jan. 1   Featured Classes & Events     Dec. 31-Jan. 1 | CVAR Closed for New Years  Jan. 6 | CRMLS Training – Glendora – Free Jan. 8 | New Member Orientation – All Locations Jan. 8 | zipForm® Training – All Locations – Free Jan. 9-Feb. 27 | Contract College – Glendora – […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Education & Events Tagged With: #CVARmembers, Airbnb, Contract College, January, Jarvis, New Year, refinance, tax savers, year-end

Loan Rates Tumble; Too Late for Homebuyers?

December 3, 2018

Rates for home loans tumbled as turmoil rocked global financial markets, but any reprieve in rates may come too late for would-be home buyers or refinancers. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.81% in the Nov. 21 week, down 13 basis points, mortgage liquidity provider Freddie Mac said. That’s the biggest weekly decline since January 2015 and […]

Filed Under: At A Glance Tagged With: fixed-rate mortgage, Freddie Mac, global financial market, home loan, MarketWatch, Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage rate, refinance

Feb. 20 CVAR At A Glance

February 20, 2018

Featured Classes and Events Feb. 20 | Loan Bootcamp – Pre-Qualifying – CVAR East (Rancho Cucamonga)  Feb. 21 | zipForms at CVAR HQ — zipForms Live Stream at CVAR East (Rancho Cucamonga) — zipForms Live Stream at CVAR West (South El Monte) Feb. 22 | Contract College; Session 3 Feb. 26 | CRMLS Training – Free – […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, California News, CVAR News, Education & Events, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: agent scam, Airbnb Income, cvar.net, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, Louisiana, MLS-Touch, Quick Tip #3, refinance, Smart Home value, Trump Proposal

Mortgage applications fall 4 percent

December 19, 2016

Rising mortgage rates appear to be the new normal, and the market for home loans is still adjusting. Total mortgage application volume fell 4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. While rates didn’t rise much during the week, the new range is clearly […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Industry News Tagged With: CNBC, cvar.net, cvarconnect.com, mortgage application, Mortgage Bankers Association, post-election, refinance

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