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Purposeful action succeeds – Mortgage Strategy

Purposeful action succeeds – Mortgage Strategy

Affordability remains a challenge for many would-be homeowners, with house prices still outpacing wage growth in several regions. However, we...

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Assumable vs. Portable Mortgages: Hand It Over or Take It With You?

Assumable vs. Portable Mortgages: Hand It Over or Take It With You?

Late last year, a lot of “solutions” to fix the housing market were floated, including things like assumable and portable...

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Mortgage Bankers Association names Alexandra Brinton CFO

Mortgage Bankers Association names Alexandra Brinton CFO

The Mortgage Bankers Association is starting 2026 with a major leadership appointment, appointing an experienced accounting executive to chief financial...

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Lendlord survey shows 66% of landlords planning for growth – Mortgage Strategy

Lendlord survey shows 66% of landlords planning for growth – Mortgage Strategy

Property management and finance platform Lendlord has published the results of its latest landlord survey, revealing that 66% of landlords...

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2026 Mortgage and Real Estate Predictions

2026 Mortgage and Real Estate Predictions

1. Mortgage rates will fall into the 5% range2. Home prices will be flat (if not lower)3. Affordability will improve...

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Why it’s ‘not the time for complacency’ on broker technology adoption

Why it’s ‘not the time for complacency’ on broker technology adoption

Even with the positive perception, Gehrke said there are still things to be ironed out, and brokers will have to...

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HUD says 50-year mortgage on table, industry eyes hurdles

HUD says 50-year mortgage on table, industry eyes hurdles

Scott Turner, U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg The beleaguered 50-year mortgage is one of many housing...

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Mortgage Strategy Bumper Christmas Quiz – Mortgage Strategy

Mortgage Strategy Bumper Christmas Quiz – Mortgage Strategy

Welcome to the MS Christmas quiz – 82 general knowledge questions with a few mortgage related ones just to keep...

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Three Ways to Get 5% Mortgage Rates in 2026

Three Ways to Get 5% Mortgage Rates in 2026

About a year ago, I predicted that the 30-year fixed would fall to 5.875% by the fourth quarter of 2025....

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Midterm elections, inflation, and AI: Why 2026 could be more chaotic than 2025

Midterm elections, inflation, and AI: Why 2026 could be more chaotic than 2025

“You have the Democrats who have seemed to have found the lane arguing this affordability concept,” Hornik said. “You had...

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