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The Mortgage Note Reports
Who’s In The Game?: Writer Chuck Green takes a look at who is working as a mortgage professional in today’s tough market.
More Pessimistic: As inflation slowly cools, consumers are feeling a lot more secure in their personal finances, but they’re still in the dumps about buying a home.
Record-Breaking Gains: Black Knight’s Home Price Index hit an all-time high in June, proving that stock shortages have forced prices back up.
TMN Presents: The Mortgage Meltdown Meter, a collection of articles from the market correction, updated daily. Click here to stay on top of the changing landscape.
In other mortgage and housing news…
Labor Data’s Impact: Mortgage rates began softening after the latest jobs data suggested that the economy isn’t going into recession.
Small Size: If renters bought a home and paid a mortgage equal to their current rent in many large cities, they could only afford less than 1,000 square feet.
Land For Sale: HUD and the Department of the Interior are making some public lands available for $100 an acre for affordable housing projects in Southern Nevada.
Feeling Rate Envy: With interest rates climbing, a new form of one-upmanship is making the rounds: the mortgage-rate humble brag.
Values Off The Deep End: The pool premium has grown since the beginning of the pandemic, with homeowners in certain warm-weather metros seeing huge value boosts.