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FHFA Announces 2024 Conforming Loan Limits

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) just announced the 2024 Conforming Loan Limits for Residential Mortgage Loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  As was expected based on the continuing increase in housing prices, the limits increased significantly.  To…

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2024 Housing Market Real Estate

Expert Home Price Forecasts Revised Up for 2023

Toward the end of last year, there were a number of headlines saying home prices were going to fall substantially in 2023. That led to a lot of fear and questions about whether there was going to be a repeat of the…

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Housing Mortgage Inflation

Summer 2023 Newsletter

This continues to be a volatile and challenging year for mortgage rates and housing inventory. With inflation reaching its highest levels in 40 years last year, the rise in rates was quick and unforgiving. While many would-be home sellers exist, they don’t…

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Average Home Price in Oregon State

Why the Median Home Price Is Meaningless in Today’s Market

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will release its latest Existing Home Sales (EHS) report later this week. This monthly report provides information on the sales volume and price trend for previously owned homes. In the upcoming release, it’ll likely say home prices are down. This…

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Buying a home in the spring Real Estate

2023 Spring Newsletter

First and Foremost, we want to thank everyone for their ongoing referrals and support of our local brokerage that serves Oregon and Washington consumers exclusively.  It’s more important than ever that consumers have transparent options with lenders competing for the…

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Oregon Ducks Realtor

Vantage Mortgage Brokers Weekly Interest Rate Tracker – 08/24/2022

DATE: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 TIME:  3:45 PM PST STATES:  OREGON & WASHINGTON CHANGE THIS WEEK: WORSE (since last Wednesday with daily volatility) SUGGESTION:  Mortgage rates have remained close to the same this levels this last week.  We suggest carefully floating or locking if…

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