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It’s no secret that housing inventory is tight. Demand is also high. But that doesn’t mean people are buying, analysis shows.

Bank of America plans to terminate its mortgage origination services agreement with PHH Mortgage this coming spring.

Home appraisers received some relief in the form of a clarification of a requirement issued earlier this year in HUD’s recent updates to FHA’s Single-Family Housing Policy Handbook.

Per Dodd-Frank, banks that cross the $10 billion asset threshold become subject to increased regulation and supervision. While it seems they have an incentive to stay below the $10 billion mark, there is no systematic evidence they are avoiding it, according to one analysis.

Federal regulators determined in April that the resolution plans of eight "systemically important" bank holding companies were not quite up to speed. But the companies are trying to fix things.

The sweeping of GSE profits into Treasury has prompted nearly two dozen lawsuits from investors who claim the sweep is illegal. While some courts have ruled against investors in the last few months, they received a favorable ruling this week from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

While the debate continues as to how the new president will affect housing after January, the data shows that the ROI on houses in districts controlled by one party is nearly double that of houses in districts controlled by the other party.

Millennials have been cited by many analysts as the key to increasing the dismal homeownership rate. How much is the increasing student loan debt affecting their ability to buy a home?

Dennis Cisterna, Chief Revenue Officer of Investability Real Estate, spoke with MReport about what has been driving the increased popularity of the single-family rental market in recent years.

TRID passed its one-year anniversary on October 3. Michael Cremata, Senior Counsel and Director of Compliance with ClosingCorp, discussed with MReport what aspects of the rule have worked well and what aspects haven't.