Election Day and Your Home Value, Mortgage Rates Drop to 7.24% & Do Young Buyers Need Rich Parents? | Northern Virginia Housing News

Hughes on Housing is Glenn Hughes’ podcast on Northern Virginia, DC and Maryland real estate news. On Election Day, why local officials have so much power over your property taxes, zoning, data centers and new housing in Northern Virginia. Rate Watch: 30-year mortgage rates fell to 7.24%, and what that saves on a $700,000 home […]

Hughes on Housing is Glenn Hughes’ podcast on Northern Virginia, DC and Maryland real estate news.

On Election Day, why local officials have so much power over your property taxes, zoning, data centers and new housing in Northern Virginia. Rate Watch: 30-year mortgage rates fell to 7.24%, and what that saves on a $700,000 home compared with two weeks ago and a year ago. Plus three moves for buyers right now: rate locks, builder buydowns and buying the house, not the rate. And the Career & Wealth question: do young Americans need rich parents to buy a house? What Zillow, Pew and the Urban Institute found, and four ways in without family money.

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