{"id":14974,"date":"2019-02-25T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=14974"},"modified":"2019-02-25T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:02:17","slug":"early-spring-buying-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/early-spring-buying-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Spring Buying Season??"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Early Spring Buying Season??<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_14975\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/25\/early-spring-buying-season\/new-life\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14975\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/02252019.jpg\" alt=\"Early Spring Buying Season??\" width=\"700\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early Spring Buying Season??<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pane-node-body pane pane--nodebody\">\n<div class=\"pane__content\">\n<div class=\"field field--body\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Mortgage rates inched lower for the third consecutive week.\u00a0Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater says the lower rates bode well for the spring home buying season, typically the busiest time of the year\u00a0for home shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMortgage rates \u2026 [are] continuing the general downward trend that began late last year,\u201d Khater says. \u201cWages are growing on par with home prices for the first time in years, and with more inventory available, spring home sales should help the market begin to recover from the malaise of the last few months.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.realtor\/daily-news\/2019\/02\/21\/existing-home-sales-roll-back-to-2015-levels\">The National Association of REALTORS<\/a>\u00ae<a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.realtor\/daily-news\/2019\/02\/21\/existing-home-sales-roll-back-to-2015-levels\">\u00a0reported this week<\/a> that more houses were on the market in January, rising to 1.59 million nationwide and at a 3.9-month supply at the current sales pace.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Mac reports the following national averages for mortgage rates for the week ending Feb. 21:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 4.35 percent ,with an average 0.5 point, dropping from last week\u2019s 4.37 percent average. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 4.40 percent.<\/li>\n<li>15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.78 percent, with an average 0.4 point, falling from last week\u2019s 3.81 percent average. A year ago at this time, 15-year rates averaged 3.85 percent.<\/li>\n<li>5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 3.84 percent, with an average 0.3 point, falling from last week\u2019s 3.88 percent average. A year ago, 5-year ARMs averaged 3.65 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pane-node-field-news-source pane pane--nodefield-news-source\">\n<div class=\"pane__content\">\n<div class=\"field clearfix field--news-source\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Source:<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freddiemac.gcs-web.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/mortgage-rates-head-even-lower?_ga=2.248291783.1726917660.1550801000-1196695805.1538266479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Mac<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Spring Buying Season?? Mortgage rates inched lower for the third consecutive week.\u00a0Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater says the lower rates bode well for the spring home buying season, typically the busiest time of the year\u00a0for home shopping. \u201cMortgage rates \u2026 [are] continuing the general downward trend that began late last year,\u201d Khater says. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/early-spring-buying-season\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[5,32,4,9],"class_list":["post-14974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-real-estate-tips","tag-anthony-didonato","tag-news","tag-real-estate","tag-tips","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Early Spring Buying Season?? 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