Newcastle Intermediaries launches five-year fixes

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Newcastle Intermediaries has come out with a new set of five-year fixes. Each product is available at up to 80% LTV. Highlights include an offer at 4.55% that allows for 10%...

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How climate change could impact home buying plans in 2023

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Global warming’s toll on housing If it feels like natural disasters are becoming more extreme and frequent, it’s because they are. Climate change has raised the earth’s average temperature faster than...

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Mortgage and refinance rates today, Jan. 9, 2023

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates Average mortgage rates fell significantly last Friday. That was fantastic news because it brought those rates for a conventional, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage closer to...

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Australian home values record biggest fall ever

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Australian home values have officially recorded their largest decline on record, falling 8.40% on January 7, after their peak in May 2022. The findings from the CoreLogic Daily Home Value...

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“Explosive” job growth raises the likelihood of another rate hike

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Job growth is usually celebrated as a sign of a strong economy, but it’s not the kind of thing the Bank of Canada wants to see as it struggles...

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Purchase lock counts drop to 9-year low as Fed signals more rate hikes

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The Federal Reserve‘s signals indicating further rate hikes for 2023 appear to have scared buyers away from the market in December. Last month tallied the fewest purchase lock counts...

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“Old school marketing doesn’t give you the ROI”

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

“Old school marketing doesn’t give you the ROI” | Mortgage Professional

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Should more employers look to the gig economy?

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Employers could easily post for a job in a gig market platform, set the pay rates and other parameters and then say, “We’re not willing to pay anything less...

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Build-for-rent is a bet on the ‘new normal’ housing market

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

One slice of the single-family home market that has gained traction over the past year in a topsy-turvy housing landscape is the build-for-rent sector — or BFR. Construction starts in...

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