Depending on who is reporting origination numbers, access to mortgage credit is either tight or loose. A group of 21 advocacy and civil rights groups let regulators know they think it is too tight.
Read More »Home Equity Gains are Rising in the West
Which areas have the greatest percentage of homeowners with equity, and which ones have the lowest share?
Read More »Breaking Down the Nation’s Homeownership Rate
While the goal of homeownership is equally shared among Americans, the path to both reaching and maintaining homeownership is too often radically different among different races.
Read More »Freddie Mac Takes a Giant Step Toward a Single Security
Freddie Mac has reached a “critical” milestone toward its goal of implementing the Single Security Initiative with the first use of Common Securitization Platform (CSP) software.
Read More »President-Elect Trump Hosts Financial Transition Team, Business Leaders in NYC
At a breakfast event held in New York City on Wednesday hosted by the administration’s Transition Finance Committee, President-elect Donald J. Trump addressed an audience made up of a number of his cabinet appointees, transition team members, and prominent business leaders.
Read More »Confidence Waning Heading into the New Year
Home sales experienced their best year in a decade in 2016, but that hasn't translated to more confidence that housing and the economy are going to improve in 2017, according to a recent survey.
Read More »Prices Have Far Surpassed Peaks in Some Markets
In which markets have home prices past their pre-recession high and continued climbing—and in which markets are prices still furthest below their peak?
Read More »CFPB Penalizes Three Reverse Mortgage Lenders
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged that the three companies engaged in deceptive advertising practices described in the Bureau's study on reverse mortgage advertising released last year.
Read More »The Focus on Exchanging Information in Real Time
Real-time exchange of information among all parties involved in the origination process is one of the challenges for the lending industry in 2017.
Read More »Top 10 Markets To Watch in 2017
Which markets are the most rich in jobs, affordability, and online housing activity?
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