Mortgage Rate Unchanged From Last Week’s Record Low
Last week, the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage hit its 14th record low this year, and it held onto that 2.71% rate. The 15-year loan was also unchanged at 2.26%.
Still Using Form Simplicity’s Legacy Platform? It Ends Dec. 15
Florida Realtors’ transaction management program has offered 2 versions for more than a year. The legacy program ends Tuesday, but update training remains available.
Pet Breed Restrictions Don’t Apply to Emotional Support Animals
Governing docs for pets may ban pit bulls, but if a person has the needed documentation to show his pit bull is an emotional support animal, he can apply for a lease.
Mortgage Unchanged From Last Week’s Record Low
Last week, the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage hit its 14th record low this year, and it held onto that 2.71% rate. The 15-year loan was also unchanged at 2.26%.
3 Top RE Economists Predict Slower 2021 Price Increases
Economists at a real estate editors forum Wed. agreed that prices would keep going up, but predictions varied from 3% (NAR) and 4.1% (CoreLogic) to 5.7% (realtor.com).
Report: Gov’t Intervention Avoided a Housing Market Meltdown
If not for forbearance programs, the market could have seen as many foreclosures as it did during the Great Recession, according to Nationwide Housing’s latest report.
3 Out of 5 Fla. Homes Under Contract in Less Than 30 Days
Florida Realtors economist: NAR research found that homes nationally went under contract in a median of 21 days, and 72% of homes were under contract within 30 days. Fla.’s numbers are similar – but there are notable differences if you drill down into the details.