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Rocket launches program to lower first-year mortgage payments

Housing Wire

Rocket Mortgage and its wholesale arm Rocket Pro TPO will reduce homebuyers’ monthly mortgage payments by one full percentage point for the first year of their loan. Rocket Mortgage will be covering the difference in mortgage payments in the first 12 months through a special escrow account.

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business. Mortgage executives project that number to remain steady or even tick up in the third quarter.

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New Study Finds Seller’s Market May Shift in 2021

Realty Biz

At the beginning of 2021, median home prices were up 10% across most of the nation, the fastest rising pace since 2006, fueled by low mortgage rates and high demand. Mortgage rates are low … for now. Other factors such as inflation and Federal Reserve policies will impact mortgage rates as well. .

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Onto the Next: What to Know Before Selling Your Recently Purchased Home

HomeLight

If you have a mortgage on your home, your housing payment will be the same every month — but in the first couple of years, the vast majority of that overall payment will likely go toward interest and will barely touch the principal balance. Seller concessions (2% – 6%). Mortgage payoff (varies). Overlap costs (1% – 2%).