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For months, home price appreciation has outpaced wage growth, which has been hurting affordability. It appears that trend may be changing, however.

The National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index, based on contract signings, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Summary, which may determine if the Fed raises rates later in December, are among the reports that will be published this week.

Nationwide SVP and Chief Economist David Berson discusses how different the current market is from the pre-bubble days. This select print feature originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of MReport.

One week after experiencing their largest increase in three-and-a-half years, mortgage rates moved even higher, according to Freddie Mac.

Greg Stephens, Chief Appraiser, SVP Compliance with Metro-West Appraisal Co., offers tips on what to do when an appraisal value is below the sales price.

When it comes to acquiring single-family properties, whether you are a traditional fix-and-flipper or you intend to buy-and-hold for rent, an effective acquisition strategy is necessary for investors to succeed.

While some recent industry reports have said that first-time buyer volume of agency purchase loans is declining, one analysis reported that it is "alive and well."

A spokesman for Dr. Ben Carson said that the former Republican presidential candidate had not been offered the HUD Secretary job, contrary to an earlier media report.

While the road uphill for new single-family home sales has been lengthy and slow, it has nonetheless been uphill.

The new maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2017 will increase for the first time in a decade, according to the FHFA.