Latest News Author: Travis Peterman

Overview Due to severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides in Hawaii, FEMA has declared the following counties a disaster. Incident Period: March 10, 2026 – March 24, 2026 […]

Applications to refinance a home loan increased 5% week to week; new home purchase mortgage applications increased 11%; the average 30-year interest rate decreased to 6.30% from 6.83% last week; […]

Overview Due to severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides in Washington, FEMA has declared the following counties a disaster. Incident Period: December 05, 2025 – December 19, […]

Overview Due to severe winter storms, straight-line winds and flooding in Tennessee, FEMA has declared the following counties a disaster. Incident Period: January 22, 2026 – January 27, 2026 State […]

Mortgage applications decreased 0.8% from one week earlier; new listings dropped 10.0% year over year for the week ending April 4; credit availability increased modestly in March to its highest […]

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.46% this week, the highest level in seven months; mortgage applications decreased 10.4% from one week earlier; national home price growth decelerated […]

Overview Due to the holiday, the Lock Desk will close early on Friday, April 3rd at noon Pacific Daylight Time and will not be accepting any new locks or re-locks […]

Mortgage applications decreased 10.5% from one week earlier; sales of newly built single-family homes slumped more than 17% on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis in January; 1 in 5 sellers […]

Year-over-year pending home sales increased 1.8% in February; mortgage rates hit their highest point this year, rising 11 basis points to 6.30%; mortgage applications decreased 10.9% from one week earlier; […]

Nearly 45,000 U.S. homes pulled from the market last year were relisted in January 2026, a decade high; mortgage applications increased 3.2% from one week earlier; existing home sales in […]