Best lender for lower mortgage rates? PenFed Credit Union. Best mortgage lender – AmeriSave. Best mortgage refinancing lender – New American Funding.

Analysts are trying to find out why the senior-housing occupancy rate is in decline. Many think work-at-home changes play a part – and perhaps fear of another pandemic.

A prospective buyer of a renovated home worries that an “as-is” contract may release the seller from not-yet-discovered problems. Should they sign it?

Builders told Congress that regulations make it difficult to construct more affordable housing – and they created a list of six specific regulatory roadblocks.

Monroe County tops the list with a median home value just shy of $1M ($957,819) – but it’s not No. 1 for median income ($73,153).

Some affordable-housing developers have 30-year federal tax credits hit that mark in the next five years. After that, landlords can charge whatever rent they want.

A survey of 1,000 luxury agents about their top marketing strategies finds them focused on personal websites, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and SEO.

HUD put out an online suggestion box: Could forms be simplified? Should AI play a future role? Are protected groups served fairly? How much data should be shared?

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The average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose for the third week in a row, hitting 6.96% – up from last week’s 6.81% and 6.71% the week before.

Fla.’s “insurer of last resort” is the first resort for more and more homeowners. The company hopes to reverse that trend through a series of changes, including a rate hike.

The drop compares to rents’ record high in August 2022. But instead of lowering rents, many landlords have offered perks like one-month free or cheaper parking.

The easiest way? Add a video to your feed – but start with an easy one, like a short piece filmed with a friend using the camera on your phone.

Faced with rising interest rates and prices, 2 out of 5 think they can only afford a home if they win the lottery. Only half (53%) believe they’ll buy a home someday.

The Hometown Heroes Program strongly backed by Florida Realtors received applications requesting $11M the first day the updated program went into effect.

A Boynton Beach Realtor stumbled upon a hand grenade while cleaning a home, reported it to police, and the Palm Beach County bomb squad showed up.

Gen Z (81%) and millennials (71%) felt the most stress, in part because many are first-time buyers. The main stress-triggers: Low inventory and rising loan rates.

Attom’s midyear report finds foreclosures inching closer to their historically normal level. In Fla., one out of every 527 housing units is in some level of foreclosure.

Recent Twitter changes pushed some people away, and 30M have now signed up for Threads, a similar text-share program from Meta. Should Realtors sign up? Maybe.

The Fed’s ideal 2% rate of inflation appears closer. If June isn’t an anomaly, two more interest rate hikes are unlikely and the mortgage market can begin to stabilize.