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Retail Takes Back Some Market Share in Second Quarter
Inside Mortgage Finance, Sept. 12, 2025-Brandon IveyThe retail channel accounted for 51.3% of first-lien originations in the second quarter of 2025, up from a 48.5% share in the first quarter, …
Mortgage Rates Sink at Fastest Weekly Pace in a Year
The Hill, Sept. 12, 2025-Tobias BurnsMortgage rates fell this week at their fastest weekly pace in a year, giving some relief to the strained housing market as economic conditions soften.Click …
Don’t Expect Mortgage Rates to Fall After the Fed’s Interest-Rate Cuts. But Here’s One Move Borrowers Can Make Right Now.
MarketWatch, Sept. 12, 2025-Aarthi SwaminathanWaiting for the Fed to cut so mortgage rates will go down is a ‘flawed’ idea, one professor says.Click here for more
I’m a Real Estate Writer Who Sold a House in a Buyer’s Market. Here’s What I Learned
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 11, 2025-Holden Lewis A Hemingway character was asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he replied: “Gradually, then suddenly.” That’s a fine description of how I sold …
Can the Federal Reserve Save the Housing Market?
Bankrate, Sept. 11, 2025-Rick Sharga, Michele PetryBy most objective measures, the U.S. housing market is in a rut.Click here for more
Timing Your Refinance: Should You Wait for Fed Rate Cuts?
Orange County Register, Sept. 12, 2025-Jeff LazersonConventional wisdom believes the Federal Reserve is going to cut interest rates three times before the end of the year. The first cut will …
Mortgage Rates are Finally Falling, and Just Saw Their Biggest Weekly Drop in the Past Year.
NPR, Sept. 11, 2025-Laurel WalmsleyMortgage rates are finally falling, and just saw their biggest weekly drop in the past year.Click here for more (MBA mention)
Mortgage Rates Are at an 11-Month Low. Will That Save This Housing Market?
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2025-Nicole Friedman and Gina HeebMortgage rates fell this week to their lowest level in nearly a year due to widespread expectations that the Federal …
Firm Inflation, Soft Jobs Data Pull Fed in Opposing Directions
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2025-Rachel Louise Ensign and Nick TimiraosInflation firmed this summer while signs of weakness in the labor market accumulated, illustrating the tightrope the Federal Reserve …