In the wake of the Brexit vote, U.S. mortgage rates have dipped near all-time lows. In fact, many homebuyers and homeowners have taken the opportunity to lock in low rates. This might make it a great time for first-time buyers to get into the housing market.
“If you have an opportunity out there to refinance, now’s the time to pull the trigger on it,” Quicken Loans CEO Bill Emerson told CNBC Wednesday morning.
According to Emerson, Quicken Loans’ business is up more than 35 percent in the past four weeks due to the flood of people refinancing.
However, he also mentioned that first-time homebuyers currently make up just 30 percent of the market, down from its historical average of near 40 percent.
“Using a rule of thumb that refinancing frequently makes sense when rates have fallen by a full percentage point, people who took out loans at the prevailing rate at various points in late 2013 and the first part of 2014 might see favorable economics for refinancing, as will those whose loan was firs made anytime before mid-2010,” the New York Times‘ Neil Irwin reports.
According to Quicken Loans, Millennials have a number of misconceptions about buying a first home.
One of the biggest misconceptions is the myth of the 20 percent down payment, which has been discouraging Millennial buyers.
Well-qualified borrowers can often put…
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