If you are in the process of refinancing your mortgage, you may end up paying more than you expected. Fannie Mae FNMA, + 1.42% and Freddie Mac FMCC, + 1.67% announced Wednesday night that they will now charge a 0.5% negative market fee on all refinances, including both cash-out and …
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The numbers: Sales of new single-family homes increased sharply for the second consecutive month in June, taking the sales rate to its highest level in 13 years, according to data released on Friday. The annual sales pace for new home sales in the United States increased 13.8% last month to …
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The counts: Previously owned home sales increased 20.7% in June when states reopened their economies following coronavirus-related blockades. Existing home sales occurred at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.72 million, the National Association of Real Estate Agents reported Wednesday. It was a big rebound from May, when sales fell …
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Fewer Americans now have agreements with their mortgage servicers to skip their monthly payments. Getty Images / iStockphoto Fewer than 4 million homeowners in the US skip their mortgage payments, according to new estimates by the Mortgage Bankers Association released Monday. The business group reported that only 7.8% of mortgage …
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Housing prices in major cities across the country could fall as a result of the pandemic. Drew Angerer / Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has many Americans heading to the hills, or the suburbs, so to speak. And city home prices could decline as a result, says Nobel Prize-winning economist …
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