• Mortgage Calculator: Here’s How Much You Need To Buy a $425,000 Home at a 6.30% Rate,Julie Taylor

    Mortgage Calculator: Here’s How Much You Need To Buy a $425,000 Home at a 6.30% Rate

    Mortgage rates this week for a 30-year fixed loan decreased to 6.30%, down from 6.34% last week. A small move—and perhaps unexpected given that markets hit the pause button amid the ongoing political standoff between Republicans and Democrats over the government shutdown. So what impact does this ha

    View more

  • Lower Mortgage Rates Boost Home Sales in Mid-Atlantic States but DC Market Stumbles,Snejana Farberov

    Lower Mortgage Rates Boost Home Sales in Mid-Atlantic States but DC Market Stumbles

    The Washington, DC, housing market may be on its back foot this fall because of federal job cuts and the ongoing government shutdown, but the rest of the mid-Atlantic region is faring better.   In September, home closings across the region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

    View more

  • Baltimore Faces Foreclosure Fallout as Alleged $100 Million Real Estate Fraud Ring Implodes,Keith Griffith

    Baltimore Faces Foreclosure Fallout as Alleged $100 Million Real Estate Fraud Ring Implodes

    Baltimore is facing a rash of foreclosures tied to a suspected real estate fraud ring, leaving lenders and tenants of the foreclosed properties in the lurch. A detailed investigation by the Baltimore Banner laid bare the astonishing details of the scheme, in which a group of New York-based investors

    View more