June 2025

Home purchase sentiment rises after tariff pause

Despite increasing mortgage rates and economic volatility, the outlook among home buyers and sellers improved on both a monthly and annual basis, according to Fannie Mae’s latest housing survey.    The government-sponsored enterprise’s monthly Home Purchase Sentiment Index increased to a reading of 73.6 in May, up from 69.2 one month earlier. May’s level also rose […]

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RetroRate funding round will fuel assumable mortgage tool set

RetroRate, a startup focused on making assumable mortgages easier to find and evaluate, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. The platform allows real estate agents to find assumable loans through MLS data and guides them through a complex approval and closing. By streamlining this process, RetroRate aims to make assumable mortgages more accessible and

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