Daily Dose

Lenders are missing out on a fair number of loans due to tight lending standards, according to one analysis.

Non-bank servicers' share in the mortgage market has been steadily increasing in the last few years, and it is expected to get even larger in 2017. The driver behind the growth is expected to be different than previous years, however.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun and Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart discussed economic conditions they believe will result in a “net positive” for housing next year.

Inventory is tight and prices are outpacing incomes, but that did not stop existing-home sales from reaching a post-recession high.

Potential first-time homebuyers are facing an uphill battle, and here is why.

Analysis identified tight credit for low- and moderate-income borrowers as one of the fundamental challenges facing the housing market. What is causing the issue, and what can the new administration do to help?

A data breach on HUD’s website resulted in the personal information of as many as 600,000 individuals temporarily being displayed publicly. How did HUD respond?

An increasingly larger share of single-family investment homes in the United States are owned by out-of-state investors, according to a recent analysis.

The uncertainty ahead for the political and regulatory landscape has not hurt Fannie Mae’s predictions for the economy and for housing both for the second half of 2016 and for 2017.

A push from first-time buyers reversed a two-month decline in existing-home sales in the previous report from the National Association of Realtors. Will first-time buyers drive existing-home sales again? The industry will find out this week when NAR releases the latest existing-home sales data.