Mortgage Watch | September 23, 2019
Timely payments and a surge in refinances mean lower foreclosuresMortgage “performance.” Sounds like a fun financial song and dance, right? If you recall the days…
Author: Tim Morissette
Mortgage Watch | September 9, 2019
Low rates may spur further home price growth as we move into 2020If you’ve been waiting around to buy a home thinking prices would start…
OC Housing Report | It is what it is
Many buyers and sellers are holding out for a major shift inthe market favoring their point of view, but housing is notchanging anytime soon.Status Quo:…
OC Housing Report | The Sky is NOT Falling
Buyer demand may not be as hot as prior years, but the Housing market is not collapsing either.No Housing Collapse: The underlying housing fundamentals have…
OC Housing Report | Staying Put
It is the Summer Market yet there are fewer new FOR SALEsigns this year.Fewer Listings: Not as many homeowners are placing their homes on the…
Mortgage Watch | September 16, 2019
Real estate still rules as safest long-term retirement investment in new surveyWhen 2,000 Americans are asked their opinion about investing and a large chunk of…
Mortgage Watch | August 26, 2019
Existing Home Sales Continue to ImpressWhat is normally considered the “selling season” has gotten a retroactive boost in recent days. The National Association of Realtors’…
Mortgage Watch | August 19 2019
Homebuilders see more short term profit in building single-family rental communitiesIf you can’t buy, rent? That’s the stigma renters used to tolerate, but no longer.…
Mortgage Watch | August 12 2019
Foreclosure activity drops through most of U.S. in first half of 2019It was not that long ago when one could drive through neighborhoods of lovely…
Mortgage Watch | August 5, 2019
July jobs numbers bode well for real estateAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Realtor.com and a report by Forbes' reporter Carolyn Feeney, the much-anticipated…