In addition to this web site, there are a number of methods for staying up-to-date with the current mortgage market. These include certain television programs, magazines, newspapers, and other sources of information. Read on for more details on staying up-to-date with the mortgage market…

Various printed publications specifically cover the mortgage market and related issues, including National Mortgage Broker Magazine, The Real Estate Professional, National Mortgage News, Affordable Housing Finance, and Mortgage Banking Magazine. Newspapers which focus on financial coverage, such as the Wall Street Journal, often report on this market as well. The same is true for business oriented magazines like BusinessWeek.

Financial news television networks like CNBC and Bloomberg are useful for staying up-to-date on the mortgage market. If you don’t have cable or satellite TV, you can watch financial news programs like “Nightly Business Report” on the broadcast networks. Radio stations which continuously broadcast financial news, like AM-1130 in New York, also provide up-to-date information on this market. Television and radio reports on the market are likely to be more up-to-date than those in newspapers or magazines.

Some subscription-based web sites offer frequently-updated mortgage market coverage. MortgageDaily.com is an example of this; it provides a wide variety of mortgage market news articles, but charges about $12/month (varies depending upon the amount of months prepaid) for access. Many print publications also include access to additional online material (at their web sites) with paid subscriptions to their magazines or newspapers. Remember to add useful news web sites on this subject to your browser’s “Favorites” list or subscribe to their RSS feeds, if these are available.

A number of print and e-mail newsletters on the mortgage market also exist. Some of these are free, while others require a monthly subscription fee. Be sure to only give your e-mail address or other personal information to reputable web sites. If you aren’t able to receive an e-mail newsletter after subscribing to it, make sure you don’t have any “spam” filters which are mistakenly blocking it. This is a convenient way of staying up-to-date without having to go beyond your e-mail or mail box.

The best method depends upon your internet connection, TV reception or channel coverage, and reading preference. Using one or more of the above-mentioned sources of information, you’ll be staying up-to-date with the latest information on mortgage trends, relevant government policy changes, rates, major bank stocks, and other related news.