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Rocket launches program to lower first-year mortgage payments

Housing Wire

For Rocket Pro TPO, home sellers or real estate agents will be funding the program, similar to a buydown program rival United Wholesale Mortgage launched last month. UWM announced that its temporary rate buydowns – fueled by seller concessions – would reduce borrowers’ interest rates by up to 2% for the first two years of a mortgage.

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Surging mortgage rates prompt borrowers to leave no stone unturned

Housing Wire

Borrowers are now seeking options to reduce their initial mortgage payments while hoping that rates will decline enough to warrant a refinance in the next few years. The latest weekly survey data from Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 14 basis points from last week to 7.08%, accelerating its upward trajectory.

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

“For some smaller originators, it could kind of move the needle,” said Bose George, mortgage finance analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW). “But I don’t think it can be meaningful for the big companies just because these other markets are smaller than the traditional mortgage market.”

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

HomeLight

If you want to, you could sell your house immediately after the paperwork says it is officially yours,” says Kimberly Porter, CEO of Microcredit Summit , a top personal finance publication. Seller concessions (2% – 6%). Mortgage payoff (varies). A possible second set of closing costs if buying a new home.