Daily Dose

A Freddie Mac report detailed the first upward movement of mortgage rates in 2017. What does this mean for the industry?

Data from two government agencies estimates that the number of homes sold last year was substantially higher than the figure seen in 2015 but lower than predictions.

While the rest of the housing market showed substantial gains in average sale prices, the top 5 percent of the market slowed to a crawl.

Attorneys general across America went to bat for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while a bill to change the Bureau’s structure was introduced in the Senate.

Home prices have been steadily rising since bottoming out in early 2012, posting 50-plus consecutive months of appreciation, according to multiple industry reports.

For the first time, a GSE is guaranteeing the debt of an institutional owner of single family homes.

Millennials, who many believe will drive the housing market in 2017, are substantially more optimistic toward the market this year than they were last year, according to a recent quarterly survey.

BlackRock Inc., Pimco among plaintiffs against the bank alleging mishandling of trusts.

Existing-home sales still reported their best year in a decade in 2016 despite taking a step back in December, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors.

By any measure, the amount of residential housing supply for sale is low compared to historical standards, and it has been shrinking over the last several months.