Market survey--where you actually speak to members of your target audience--are an important part of market research. You can choose to hire a company to do it for you, but conducting the ...

Expect more gains in 2025, say analysts in Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Market Mavens Survey. They foresee the market climbing 7 percent higher in the coming 12 months, a solid but more muted gain ...

The national average 30-year-fixed mortgage rate dropped for the third consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac’s latest ...

After three weeks of consecutive declines, the national average 30-year fixed rate mortgage (FRM) rose to 6.72% as of Dec. 19 ...

The Federal Reserve appears poised to implement rate cuts despite several economic indicators suggesting strength in the ...

Another 58% plan to maintain their client exposure to individual bonds, 49% to bond funds/ETFs, 48% to variable annuities, 47% to market-linked CDs, and 45% to fixed annuities. About the survey ...

The survey reveals growing confidence among agents about improving market conditions in 2025, with the majority forecasting higher transaction volumes, rising home prices and lower mortgage rates.

Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.69% — the lowest since October — from ...