Homebuyers shopping urban areas—where supply is down, but not by as much—reportedly will have more luck than those seeking real estate outside the city.
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Experts discuss the best strategies to win builder business and offer a 2021 housing market outlook. Here's what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »6 Research-Supported Steps Toward Fairness in Housing
President Biden in a recent Executive Order acknowledged the federal government’s role in creating and perpetuating patterns that contribute to racial segregation, inequality, and inequity. The federal government ...
Read More »Fudge Promises to ‘Work Across the Aisle’ for Housing
Marcia Fudge appeared Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs as a Biden-Harris administration nominee to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ...
Read More »Fannie Mae Single-Family Green MBS Issuances Top $100 Million
Fannie Mae continues its Green Bond Program with the issuance of a cumulative $111 million of Single-Family Green Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) since April 2020, when it first introduced ...
Read More »U.S. Home Seller Profits Leaped in 2020
Eschewing the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. home sellers saw their profits skyrocket last year as prices scaled to new records, according to ATTOM Data Solutions, which released its Year-End ...
Read More »Could Pandemic Financial Setbacks Lead to Homeownership for Some?
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countless changes in every sector, and the home shopping environment is no exception. For some first-time homebuyers, many of whom had to move ...
Read More »Home Prices Spike Nationwide
Researchers say the "acceleration has been slowing but annual gains now outpace the prior housing boom."
Read More »Mortgage Applications Dipped Last Week
Large declines in government purchase applications and refinance applications pulled overall activity lower. Economists call this "a sign that borrowers are increasingly more sensitive to higher rates."
Read More »Industry Groups React to Janet Yellen’s Treasury Secretary Confirmation
Leaders in the housing industry say they are looking forward to working with the new Secretary, whose confirmation they hope “bodes well for the housing market." Here is what else they have to say.
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