MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.30%. “Following several weeks of decline, mortgage rates inched up this week,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “Housing market activity continues to hold up with purchase and refinance applications increasing by 18% and 42%, respectively, compared to the same time last year.” News Facts Th ...

Loan Pricing, AI Marketing, Fee Collection, QC, Borrower Mining Tools; $2 Trillion in 2025? Non-Agency Marches On “I just won $10 in the lottery! The 7-11 clerk wanted to sell me a $10 lottery ticket in Atlanta. I said no.” Hopefully most people realize that a lottery is simply a tax on people who don’t know math (given the odds of winning). But the amount of equity that homeowners have, as a whole, is a sure thing… and staggering. U.S. homeowners now hold a record $17.8 trillion in equity, per ICE, includ ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. American homeowners are sitting on a record pile of housing wealth, and more of it is within reach. ICE Mortgage Technology's latest Mortgage Monitor shows total home equity at an all-time high entering Q3, with roughly $17.8 trillion in aggregate equity and $11.6 trillion "tappable" while keeping a 20% cushion. About 48 million mortgage holders have access, averaging $213,000 apiece. If you're weighing ...

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WASHINGTON , Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage rates are forecast to end 2025 and 2026 at 6.4 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively, according to the September 2025 Economic and Housing Outlook from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA)Â Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. ...

Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money, wrapped up the week on Friday by advising investors to focus closely on upcoming economic indicators and earnings of different companies. “The president had this big call with President Xi today, right, with China, and all we heard about is that there was this solid discussion about TikTok and some sort of deal reached. I don’t think that’s the way it comes out with this president. He gives a nice talk, but then saves everything for the weekend. I think, over the weekend, we’l ...

Helport AI Expands U.S. Presence with Strategic Mortgage Industry Partnership Enhancing Loan Officer Productivity with Real-Time AI Assistant and Automation SINGAPORE and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Helport AI Limited (NASDAQ: HPAI) (“Helport AI” or the “Company”), an AI technology company serving enterprise clients with intelligent customer communication software and services, today announced a new commercial partnership with Best Life & Co. (“Best Life”), the leading eXp Realty team in M ...

DETROIT, Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket Companies, Inc. (NYSE: RKT) (the "Company" or "Rocket Companies"), the Detroit-based fintech platform including mortgage, real estate, title and personal finance businesses, in connection with its pending acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group Inc. ("Mr. Cooper") (the "Mr. Cooper Acquisition"), today announced that Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mr. Cooper ("Nationstar"), delivered conditional notices of redemp ...

Tyler Crowe: The mortgage market gets a much-needed jolt, and Oracle has its best day since the dot-com boom. Motley Fool Money starts now. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I'm Tyler Crowe, joined by longtime Fools Matt Frankel and Jon Quast. Today, we're going to follow up on Oracle's blockbuster quarter that it reported after the close on Tuesday, how that impacts AI and a major milestone for ETFs that we just passed, and, of course, we're going to do some radar stocks, maybe a little couple extras, but firs ...

Mortgage rates are at their lowest point since early October of last year. According to Freddie Mac, the national average 30-year rate is now 6.26%, down nine basis points in one week. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate is down by the same measure to 5.41%. This is yet another new low for 2025. “Mortgage rates decreased yet again this week, prompting many homeowners to refinance. In fact, the share of mortgage applications that were refinances reached nearly 60%, the highest since January 2022,” Sam Khater, ...