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Today in Mortgages — 258 episodes
Trump Stalls Housing Bill
Affordability Still a Challenge—But Opportunity Is Growing
Help Your Kid Buy A Home
Steady Growth For Housing Predicted
The AI & Lead Control Battles Reshaping Mortgage & Real Estate
Nearly 1 in 10 Mortgages Are Non‑QM — Should We Be Worried?
You’re Losing 60% of Your Future Business — Here’s Why
Is Fear (Not Finances) Keeping Buyers Down?
Is A Large Down Payment Still a Wise Strategy?
Could Mortgage Rates Finally Cool Off in May?
Building Just Got $20,000 Cheaper… Or Did It?
Sellers Finally Over The Lock-In Effect
Buyers Gaining More Power in Housing Market
Will Iran Cease Fire Bring Lower Mortgage Rates?
2026 Mortgage Rates Predicted
Record Contract Cancellations
Is This The Death of Build to Rent?
Feb. Home Sales Up… Can It Last?
Trump Orders More Housing
Buyers Outpacing Inventory… Again.
Iran War Chills Rate Cut Hopes
Borrowers Finally Free From Credit Spam!
State of the Union Housing Affordability Plan
Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Levels Since 2022!
Avoid These 3 House Shopping Mistakes!
Trump surprises with FED pick most likely to defy rate cut demands. What does it mean?
FICO Fees Up 1900%?!?
Should Trump BAN Big Companies From Buying Homes?
Powell Vs Trump. How Will Rates Respond?
The Real Truth About Rate Locks
Here’s Why Fannie & Freddie Are Padding Their Portfolio
2026’s Housing Motto: “Slow and Steady”
Congress Sleeps on Housing Reform
2026 Housing Market Predictions
New Fed Chair in 2026? What It Means for Mortgage Rates
14% Increase Projected In 2026 Transactions?
Are Foreclosures About to Explode?
Wish You Could Take Your Low Rate Home Loan With You? It May Soon Be Possible…
Pros and Cons of Trump’s 50 Year Mortgage…
ARM Loans Showing Strong Growth…
Refi’s Jump 111%!
US Gov Cuts Rates, Eyes LLPAs Next!
What A Stock Surge Means For Mortgages
Refis Rocket Up 81%
🏛️ Government Shutdown vs. Housing Market Momentum | Today in Mortgages
Senate Passes HUGE Housing Act
Home Sellers Reject Price Cuts
The US Government Shutdown Means More Roadblocks For Home Buyers
New Home Sales Soar 20%!
FED Drops, But Rates Pop
PPI Shows Deflation!
Trump Axes Trigger Leads
Trump To Declare Housing Emergency?
A perfect (insurance) storm...
Home Builders Are Just As Unsure As You Are
Trump’s Fannie & Freddie IPO Plans
Mortgage Apps Jump This Week!
R.I.P Trigger Lead Spam!
Big Bitcoin Boost Coming For Housing
Bipartisan Housing Bill Announced
NAR Bullish for 2026
Buyer’s Market? Big Time!
FHFA Answers Credit Questions… Kind of
FICO’s Monopoly Is Over!
5 Big July Mortgage Indicators
Big ✅ Beautiful 🤔 What It Means For Housing
New Home Sales Took a Hit in May
Home Sales Eek Out a Win
Why Is Fed Moving (Too?) Slow
The Big Beautiful Bill + Mortgages
Inventory Value Upswing! (But is it real?)
Will Trump Set Fannie Mae Free?
The $11.5 Trillion Equity Opportunity
FHFA Aims At FICO Monopoly
Are We Heading For A RECESSION?! What does it mean for REAL ESTATE?
Is The GOP Tax Bill a WIN For Housing? NAR Says “YES!”
Housing is Driving Half of Inflation. Can Either Problem Be Fixed While The Other Exists?!
China Trade Deal Pumped Up Stocks, But Stoked More Housing Anxiety
FED Warns Of Stagflation
Trump Targets Housing Policies
Trump Targets Housing Policies
Are Sellers Delusional About Home Values?
Sellers Are Losing Housing Market Advantage
Home Starts Rose Around 6% in March, Giving Hope to Buyers
Trump Promised Housing De-Regulation… We Need It Now More Than Ever.
Are Tariffs and Rates Boosting Popularity of Riskier Loans?
Fannie Mae Gives New Rate Prediction for 2025
What a $6 Trillion+ Market Dip Means for Home Buyer Mortgage Qualifications
Trump Tariffs Shake Up FED Rate Outlook. Could Push Up Cost of New Homes.
Rocket Makes HUGE Bid For Mr. Cooper! What It Means For Mortgage Industry and How It Is Bad For Consumers!
Trump’s FHFA Announces Changes to FHA “Dreamer” Loans and Special Credit Programs
Sales, Prices and Inventory on the Rise
Why some Americans are hoping for a recession.
Can TRUMP’s New FHFA Pick Make a Dent in Housing Crisis?
Berkshire Hathaway Team Weighs In On Housing Futures
Will Tariffs REALLY Slow Down the Housing Recovery?
Are we in a home insurance crisis?
Mortgages After CFPB Shutdown
How Tariffs Could Strain the Housing Market
What FED’s “Wait & See” Decision Means for Mortgages (January 2025)
December New Home Sales Climb
Trump Housing Policies: Will Fannie and Freddie Go Private Sector?
December inflation was down and so are mortgage rates
2025 Mortgage Predictions
2025 Mortgage Predictions
FED Decision 2025: Which Path Will Rate Take Next Year?
Last In, First Out! Younger homeowners more likely to sell in 2025.
FHA To Count Room Rent As Income?
Homebuilder “Vibes” On The Rise
Trump’s Housing Agenda
Fed Cuts Their Rate, But Mortgage Rates Will Still Probably Stay Higher Longer
Post-Election Rate Cuts?
Soft Landing: What It Means for Housing
2025 Housing Momentum
Home Appreciation Slowing to “Normal”
Will Rates Push Home Values Up? Or Down?
Anticipated Fed Inaction Pushing Rates Up
Remember Those High Pandemic Lumber Costs?
Is Home Affordability On The Rise?
Home Inventory At Highest Level In Years
Will China Stimulus Move U.S. Rates?
After the Fed’s 50bps Gift… Now what?
FED Rate Cut Coming Tomorrow! How Deep Will They Cut?
Trump vs. Harris on Housing
2025 Housing Forecast
Interest Rates Affect More Than Just Mortgages…
As Rates Slide, Supply Takes a Dip
New home sales grow, but building slows…
Starter Homes Making Up Greater Share of Home Sales in Summer 2024
800,000 Less Jobs… Will bigger rate cuts be next?
$25,000 Home-Buying Credit: Will It Boost or Bust Real Estate?
“Better-than-expected PPI report reinforces upcoming mortgage rate cuts”
Mortgage Rate Relief!
Explaining the Yen-Induced Rate Rollercoaster
FED holds rates in July as record number of contracts are cancelled...
FED set to cut rates?
Are We In a Lame Duck Housing Market?
Delinquencies On The Rise?!
What’s the difference between HOUSEHOLDS and HOME OWNERS?
Is there a housing bubble pop coming in 2024?
More homes hit the market, but is it enough?
Housing Trends from 40 Years of Election Cycles
Voters Care About These THREE Housing Issues
Can Trump Fix Housing?
Which generation has paid the most for housing?
FED Comments on Housing Woes
Credit Card Debt Crushes Mortgage Applicants
Home prices down for the month, still UP for the year.
Price cuts, JOLTS, and PCE
Inventory near 2-year highs!
Gen Z Homebuyer Wave Is Growing!
Summer Buying is Heating Up
Second Home Purchases on the Decline
Is Co-Borrowing A Good Idea?!
Will Rates Go to 10%!?
No News Actually IS News
You Need to Flip the Script
Inventory Up 25+%!
Home Builders are Building Confidence
Inflation + Mortgage Rates
Focus your buyers on the future, not the past
NAR Settlement Fallout (Advice From an Expert Coach)
Inflation Data? Meh…
Is the Economy Good? Or Bad?
Unlocking The Lock-In Effect
March: Fed + Mortgages
Builder Sentiment (and Data!) on the Rise
Mortgage demand rose 11% last week, despite stubbornly high rates
One chart to show the challenge of first-time home buyers in 2024
There were some silver linings in today’s PCE Report
Fannie Mae paints a rosy picture for mortgages in 2024 and 2025
Housing market thaws slightly in January with more existing home sales.
Are January’s housing start numbers going in the wrong direction?
Will first-time buyers ever be able to afford a home?
Hotter-than-expected housing inflation in CPI report dashes market hopes for pending rate cuts (February 2024)
How does China’s Evergrande collapse affect US housing markets?
FED dangles the carrot on rate cuts in latest meeting
Dems ask Fed to Lower Rates
We didn’t expect this with rising rates!
2024 Is Looking Up For Loan Officers!
Trump, Biden, and Mortgage Rates
No price cuts to homes in 2024
How to Win at Loan Origination in 2024
Our 2024 Mortgage Hopes
Should Hedge Funds be Homeowners?
Mortgage Rates Slide!
Biden Wants to Remodel Homes
December home apps to take off?
Falling Home Prices for Christmas?
NAR Chief predicts a 15% jump in home sales by Spring 2024.
Will this Credit Change Hurt New Home Buyers?
Rent-to-Own homes are getting more popular. Is it a good option?
Is your home a bad investment?
Cheap (But Haunted) Real Estate Deals!
5 More Mortgage Mistakes (And how to avoid them)
5 Mortgage Pitfalls Buyers Need to Look Out For
Which way are home foreclosures really going?
Why mortgage rates are up today…
2023’s housing market summed up in a single chart
How the Israel-Hamas Conflict Will Affect US Mortgage Economy
Don’t settle for keeping up with the average loan officer
Expect mortgages to get political
Today’s Real Estate Market is a World of Contradictions
Mortgage delinquencies at all-time lows
Is this the end of buyer agent payment as we know it?
Do You Know What Was Biggest Year Ever for First-Time Homebuyers??
How to get ahead during the mortgage slump
How to capture Gen Z home buyers using your current database
Buffett betting big on homes
Inventory is Up?
New home starts up again in July!
$1,000,000 homes are now more common than ever
86% of Homebuyers Don’t Know This!
Do More You at the Network!
Will US credit downgrade pull mortgage rates up?
Is the housing market at a tipping point?
Should the government pay homeowners to sell their house!?
FED Hikes Rates Again! (July 2023 Edition)
Great news: Housing permits on the rise!
Will mortgage rates be back at 4% by 2025?
Is using home equity to cut credit card debt right for your clients?
How the 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Helps Americans Own Homes
Gen Z are a rising force in the home market
High Rates are Reality. (So deal with it)
Why your home equity is going to be just fine.
Experts predict recession in 2023. Consumers shrug.
Does 4% Inflation Spell the End of FED Rate Hikes?
Housing Market Rebound Bad for Inflation?
Real Estate investing slowing down?
FHA Policy Change Could Help Struggling Homeowners
Will Congress Backpedal on LLPA’s Set by Biden Administration?
Builders are making homes smaller to counter affordability issues
FHFA calls for feedback on new LLPA rules
Looming debt default threatens to cannibalize mortgage and real estate industries
What More Jobs and Lower Inflation Means For Mortgages
Forget the FED... Confidence may be driving rates now
How to use data to increase borrower confidence and sell better
Is Inflation Finally Flipping?
A month on, the shockwaves of SVB’s failure are still affecting mortgages
Are homeowners going to feel trapped forever by their low mortgage rate?!
Home builder sentiment is making a comeback
Hispanic buyers will represent a HUGE percent of new home buyers in the next decade
Millennials are Getting Mortgage-Mania
2023 Housing Crash? Real Estate Experts Weigh In
What a dollar collapse would mean for your mortgage
Elon warns of mortgage meltdown
What if Fed Hadn’t Raised Rates?
Is the final push for rate hikes near?!
Inflation vs. Banks. What will Fed Choose?
To Buy or Not to Buy? That is the Golden Question
How does the Silicon Valley Bank collapse affect the Mortgage Industry?
4 Key Takeaways from Powell's Trip to Congress
Should You Be Having Housing Collapse Fears?
Did Homeowners Really Just Lose $2.3 Trillion?
Biden's War on Fees Reaches Mortgage Insurance
The BEST Way to Talk About Temporary Mortgage Buydowns
Can Forbes Predict the Housing Market 5 Years Out?
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