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VA Loans Empowering Veteran Homeownership - The …
1 day ago · Demetria C. Lester. November 11, 2024. More than three out of four (74.5%) home sales with Veterans Affairs (VA) loans over the past year had a 0% down payment, and nearly eight out of ten (83.5% of) VA home loan sales had a down payment below 10%, according to new information released by Realtor.com celebrating the recent holiday of Veterans Day.
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Experts Forecast Home Sale Growth for 2025 - The MortgagePoint
1 day ago · Overall, according to Yun, new home sales will increase by 11% in 2025 and 8% in 2026. In 2025 and 2026, he predicts an estimated 2% increase in the median home price. To read the full report, including more data and methodology, click here. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), revealed his forecast for ...
Opportunity Zone Housing Markets Keeping Pace With …
4 days ago · In this analysis, ATTOM examined 3,857 U.S. zones that had at least five home sales in the third quarter of 2024 and had enough data to analyze. According to the analysis, in 53% of Opportunity Zones nationwide with sufficient data to measure, median prices for single-family homes and condos rose between the second and third quarters of 2024.
Housing Supply vs. Aging in Place - The MortgagePoint
6 days ago · The increase in ownership rate combined with a higher base of 65-70-year-olds in 2022 means that there were almost 2 million more homeowners 70 and younger in 2022 than in 2015. Moreover, there will be seven million more homeowners ages 65-85. It is projected that there will be more than eight million homes supplied by older Americans as they ...
Consumers Feeling Better About Housing Market Despite High …
5 days ago · The Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) increased 0.7 points in October to 74.6, pushing the measure of consumer confidence to its highest level since February 2022 and significantly higher than the all-time low recorded two years ago. In October, the share of consumers who think it’s a good time to buy a home ...
Mortgage Payments Slip in September - The MortgagePoint
Oct 31, 2024 · In September, the national PAPI dropped from 159.2 in August by 0.8% to 157.9. The PAPI is down 9.1% annually due to the low wage increase, with median earnings up 4.2% from a year earlier and payments down 5.3%. The September national mortgage payment dropped from $1,388 in August to $1,369 for borrowers seeking for lower-payment mortgages ...
Homebuyer Affordability Continues to Improve - The MortgagePoint
Sep 30, 2024 · Homebuyer affordability increased for White households, with the national PAPI decreasing from 168.8 in July to 162.3 in August. “Homebuyer affordability conditions improved for the fourth consecutive month, with lower mortgage rates, rising incomes, and slower home-price growth giving prospective buyers’ budgets a much-needed boost ...
Homeownership Expenses Spike Across U.S. - The MortgagePoint
Demetria C. Lester. October 11, 2024. The driving costs associated with owning a home account for 34% of the average national salary; according to Redfin, this percentage decreases when mortgage rates decline and the surge in housing prices subsides; historically, affordability also increases slightly but remains inadequate.