Homeward Bound

News and Articles from our Home Loans Team

    Susan Richwine

    Marketing Director at First Bank Richmond

    Recent Posts

    Sales of newly built homes were rising at the end of last year and continued to increase once 2023 arrived. In fact,...

    The housing market has been through some ups and downs over the past year. A booming market began to slow down early in...

    There was a time, not long ago, when the typical home listed for sale would be on the market for barely two weeks before it...

    There have been a few factors fueling buyer demand the past three years. Certainly, historically low mortgage rates drove...

    Homebuilder sentiment is an important gauge of housing market health. Builders, after all, have to be able to accurately...

    Each month, Fannie Mae surveys Americans to gauge how they feel about the housing market. Survey respondents are asked...

    Modern technology has given many of us the ability to work from almost anywhere. But while the technology that enables it...

    It's been a long time since home buyers had much negotiating power. Conditions have favored sellers for years now. But a...

    New home construction is an important part of balancing the housing market. When inventory is low and prices are rising,...

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