Daily Dose

Home prices have reached or exceeded their pre-crisis levels in many markets. Does this mean another housing bubble is on the way?

Many markets across the United States are experiencing single-family housing inventory shortages exasperated by low-home building activity, according to one analysis. Here are the markets with the largest deficiencies.

Fannie Mae is predicting economic growth to accelerate substantially in the second half. What will be the drivers of the growth, and how does housing figure in?

The once widespread speculation that a September rate hike will occur has cooled since the start of the month. The Fed will announce its decision on Wednesday, September 21, at 2 p.m. EST.

While analysts have long said that home price appreciation outpacing income growth is holding back homeownership, one study found that the reverse is true in many markets.

The U.S. banking system in 2016 is as well capitalized as any in the world as key industry participants continue to apply the basic lessons they learned from the financial crisis of 2008, according to Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry.

Non-prime mortgage origination programs that use securitization as a funding source are making a comeback, but they are not a simple rebranding of pre-crisis subprime loans, according to one analysis.

The number of mortgage loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that refinanced reversed course in July, declining after three months of gains as mortgage rates hover slightly above record lows.

Private mortgage insurance has overtaken the FHA for largest share in the U.S. mortgage insurance market. Will the FHA act to try and regain the highest market share?

Q3 marked the third straight quarter in which lenders reported a net positive profit margin outlook, according to Fannie Mae. Notably, compliance costs were less of a concern among lenders compared with Q3 last year.