HouseCanary, Inc. has released its latest Market Pulse report, covering 22 listing-derived metrics and comparing data between July 2021 and July 2022. The Market Pulse is an ongoing ...
Read More »One-Third of Declined Mortgage Applicants Eligible for DPA Programs
A recent analysis of HMDA data found that 33% of declined mortgage applications could have been made eligible with the assistance of downpayment assistance programs.
Read More »Mortgage Apps End Four-Week Slide
The MBA reported mortgage application volume rose 1.2% this week, reversing course after the Fed rate hike announcement, and rising after a month-long decline.
Read More »Committee on Financial Services Addresses Urgent Housing Needs
Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), passed eight bills to strengthen oversight of our nation’s affordable housing and address the housing and homeless ...
Read More »Retirement-Aged Homeowners Least Likely to Utilize Equity
Finance of America Reverse LLC (FAR) announced the publication of its first-ever Home Equity Punch List. FAR commissioned The Harris Poll to survey 2,000 U.S. homeowners 18 and ...
Read More »Record-Breaking Home Price Growth Now; Return to Normal Next Year?
The latest Home Price Index (HPI) from CoreLogic covering June 2022 set a new milestone: it has now seen a record 125 consecutive months of year-over-year increases as ...
Read More »Consumer Credit Trends & Monthly Mortgage Payments
A new Zillow study of consumer credit shows that buyers with "Fair" credit could be paying nearly $300 more on their monthly mortgage payment than those with "Excellent" credit scores.
Read More »Sensitive Mortgage Rate Environment Drives Up Home Searches
Since mortgage rates fell from their June highs, Redfin reports online real estate searches and home tours have ticked up and/or stabilized.
Read More »Home Price Growth Decelerates Sharply
The latest report from Black Knight did not carry good news as the company’s latest monthly Mortgage Monitor Report covering the month of June found that annual home ...
Read More »Cap Rates Expected to Rise as Asset Growth Slows
The gap between the actual cap rate and the potential rate rose 0.4 percentage points since Q4 2021. Here's what else new data from First American reveals.
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