• Mortgage application payments declined in June, indicating improved affordability,Sarah Wolak

    Mortgage application payments declined in June, indicating improved affordability

    Homebuyer affordability improved in June, as evidenced by the national median payment for purchase mortgage applicants decreasing to $2,172 — down from $2,211 in May. That’s according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI), which measures how new month

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  • LPT Realty expands in southern California,Jonathan Delozier

    LPT Realty expands in southern California

    Premier Property Partners founders Rich Johnson and Shirin Alipanah are joining LPT Realty — expanding its operations in San Diego and Palm Desert. Johnson, former owner and broker of San Diego Homes and Estates, and Alipanah, a former tech executive at Meta, bring decades of experience and a combin

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  • Real estate brokerage profit margins show signs of stabilization,Brooklee Han

    Real estate brokerage profit margins show signs of stabilization

    Real estate brokerages may no longer be at the profitability peak they hit during the height of the pandemic housing market, but their margins are showing signs of stabilization after the market rapidly shifted in 2022 due to the interest rate hikes, according to data published by real estate broker

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