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Did Everyone Forget Mortgage Rates Were 2-3% Back in 2012 Too?

June 8th, 2026 by Colin Robertson

I was on LinkedIn the other day and came across a post featuring a mortgage rate history chart with rates for each year. It started with 1975, when the 30-year fixed apparently averaged 9.0%, 1980 when it was supposedly 14.4%, and 2015 when it was 4.0%. For whatever reason they skipped a lot of years… Read More »Did Everyone Forget Mortgage Rates Were 2-3% Back in 2012 Too?

The post Did Everyone Forget Mortgage Rates Were 2-3% Back in 2012 Too? appeared first on The Truth About Mortgage.

Category: Mortgage Rates

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8

Can I Trust the ‘Zestimate’ for My Home on Zillow?

June 8th, 2026 by Jill Terreri Ramos

According to a real estate attorney, the estimate “is only as good as the data that is fed into the system.”

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Appraisals and Valuation (Property), Zillow.com

June
8

Giving Up a Bungalow in Seattle for a Home With a Shared Language

June 8th, 2026 by Tim McKeough

After a decades-long discussion, a couple whose careers unfolded at the same architectural firm wanted to create a home of their own.

Category: Architecture, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Interior Design and Furnishings, Home Repairs and Improvements, Seattle (Wash)

June
6

Real Estate Giants Compass and Zillow Fight Over the Future of the Market

June 6th, 2026 by Elizabeth A. Harris

Image Caption: Both Compass and Zillow have gobbled up competitors to become dominant in the industry.

Both companies face lawsuits and antitrust inquiries as they attempt to control the experience of home buying.

Category: Compass Real Estate, Zillow.com, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Real Estate Brokers, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Anywhere Real Estate Inc, Redfin, New York State, Connecticut, United States

June
6

Flipping a Philip Johnson: The Booth House Gets a Lifeline

June 6th, 2026 by Daniela Gorny and Katherine Marks

Image Caption: The Booth House, built by Philip Johnson in 1946, three years before his iconic Glass House, has been sitting abandoned for over a decade.

In Bedford, N.Y., an architect and builder duo are betting that the Glass House architect’s first residential commission can be saved — and put back on the market.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Architecture, Johnson, Philip, Bedford (NY), Home Repairs and Improvements, Historic Buildings and Sites, Glass House (New Canaan, Conn)

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