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Q2 HOME PRICES JUMP WHILE SALES CONTINUE TO SLIP via themortgagepoint.com—The National Association of REALTORS’ Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability and Housing Affordability Index shows that in Q2 of 2025, home prices increased in 75% of metro markets (170 … Read More

FED HOLD RATES FIRM FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE MEETING via themortgagepoint.com—The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has wrapped up its July meeting Wednesday afternoon, and decided for the fifth consecutive meeting, to hold the federal funds rate steady at … Read More

MORTGAGE RATES CLIMB AGAIN AFTER INFLATION UPTICK via realtor.com—Mortgage rates increased on Thursday for the second week in a row, on the heels of June inflation data that showed consumer prices surging to a four-month high. The average rate on … Read More