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Down payments stay steady even as homebuyers face high prices

Down payments stayed largely unchanged in the third quarter of 2025 as homebuyers balanced high prices with slowing demand, according to Realtor.com’s newest Down Payment Report. The typical down payment was $30,400 — about $500 more than the previous quarter and roughly flat from a year earlier. Buyers continued to put down about 14.4% of […]

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Homeownership dreams clash with retirement goals for Millennial investors

A new study from the Nationwide Retirement Institute found that 58% of Millennial investors feel they have to choose between homeownership and retirement security as housing prices continue to rise faster than wages.  “Millennials are navigating their prime earnings years in a financial landscape marked by volatile markets, high interest rates and shifting economic norms,”

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MBA’s Bob Broeksmit celebrates legislative victories in 2025

Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit on Monday called 2025 a “historic year” for the trade group, highlighting major legislative and regulatory victories during his opening address Monday morning at the association’s Annual Convention and Expo in Las Vegas. Broeksmit shared with the audience that the MBA helped shape roughly 10% of all

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