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In some metros, home prices have hit new highs

By Mid America Mortgage on April 20, 2018 / Real Estate

Tags: home prices, NAR, real estate news

Across the United States, there are several metros where home prices have never been this high. Roughly half of 105 metro areas studied by ATTOM Data Solutions, a real estate data provider, were above their prerecession home price peaks in the first quarter of this year. “Rising interest rates and recently enacted tax reform that removed some tax incentives for homeownership were not enough to cool off red-hot home price appreciation in many parts of the country, with 30 of the 105 local markets analyzed posting double-digit gains in median home prices in the first quarter,” said Daren Blomquist, senior

Millennials lead the way in growth of new home buyers

By Mid America Mortgage on April 14, 2018 / Home Buying

Tags: home buying, millennials, NAHB

Young adults in the millennial generation are leading the charge when it comes to new home buyers. Recent data from the United States Census Bureau confirms that more millennials are entering the housing market as first time buyers, with millennials representing 36 percent of homeowners overall.

Darrell Wallace Jr. thrills Mid America’s Click n’ Close™ team with Top 10 Finish

By Jason R. Richardson on April 11, 2018 / Click n' Close, Company News, NASCAR, Richard Petty Motorsports

After finishing second in the Daytona 500, Wallace was able to deliver an eighth-place finish in front of our Dallas-Fort Worth hometown crowd. The solid showing at the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 builds momentum for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender heading into his maiden voyage at Bristol Motor Speedway in NASCAR’s top series. “Really good day for us. We had some prospects on the box, so I think that went a long way as well,” Wallace said. “But man, what a good day, what a good weekend for us. We had the mojo the whole time and (I’m)