Student loan debt is growing while the homeownership rate is shrinking.
Read More »Home Values are ‘Moving in the Right Direction’
Homeowners are overestimating the value of their homes, though not by much.
Read More »Is Low Inventory Fueling a Seller’s Market?
It’s no secret that for-sale residential housing is in short supply around the country. With that being the case, do homeowners even have any motivation to sell their homes?
Read More »Up, Up, and Away Goes Home Equity
The amount of equity in U.S. homes has more than doubled in in the last five years—and if price appreciation forecasts come to pass, there is more to come.
Read More »Is a Mortgage Rate Spike on the Horizon?
With the Treasury yield at a two-week high, will the market see a corresponding spike in mortgage rates?
Read More »Apparently, the $10 Billion Threshold is Not So Scary
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.
Read More »Banks Resubmit Resolution Plans to Regulators
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.
Read More »Twice as Nice: These Homes are Gaining Value Faster
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.
Read More »Millennials Fight the Student Loan Debt Albatross
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?
Read More »Consistency is Key in the SFR Market
Renters Warehouse CEO Kevin Ortner talks about some of the challenges currently facing the single-family rental market and how his company is meeting those challenges.
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