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The MReport talks with Dr. Richard Green. Director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, on the future of the Housing and Urban Development Department.

Though large publicly-traded home builders are often seen as a risk to smaller privately owned builders, private builders still dominate the residential construction sector.

Millennials tend to skip the traditional starter home by choosing larger properties with higher prices. They pay a median price of $217,000 for a home that is about 1,800 square feet, similar in size to what older generations buy.

Out of a list of the 50 largest American cities, there are nine cities that, on average, a single man can afford a starter home, while a single woman cannot.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau addressed data inaccuracy problems from credit companies so consumers are less likely to experience faults in their report such as already-paid bills showing up as unpaid.

Today, Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon whose candidacy to win the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2015 made him a household name, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 17th Secretary of HUD.

Despite rising mortgage rates and declining purchase originations, refinances are on the rise.

Experts conducted a survey of 2,000 Americans on home size, and although almost all respondents had a preference, bigger is not always better.

Avoid the hard sell when a customer is choosing a mortgage product and focus on assisting the customer in making the best decision to gain customer loyalty.

The African American community was the hardest hit during the housing crisis. Black homeownership grew by six percent when the Fair Housing Act passed, but that growth was stunted between 2000 and 2015. Now, Wells Fargo is working to spur homeownership within this demographic.