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This week’s DS5: Inside the Industry features an interview with Patricia Cook, CEO for Finance of America, who discusses lenders' interest in accessing public capital and more.

When the coronavirus pandemic prevented many Americans from working, many wondered what would happen in the housing market. After all, no employment, no paycheck, no paying the mortgage. ...

For many homeowners, the "uncertainty of the economy during the pandemic looms large," but the Q4 decrease in underwater loans is “the good news" in this report.

Not only do home shoppers have to be fast to win a home, "they have to be prepared and resourceful,” economists say.

January's numbers built on an uptick that started in December; prior to that, HECM activity had declined during the last few months of 2020.

According to housing analysts, buying may not always be a better investment than renting. That is one of several takeaways from this Urban Institute report.

Many first-time homebuyers wouldn't consider a populous metropolitan area for fear of not being able to afford a house, but plenty of big cities boast affordability, this study shows.

Property data analysts measure the extent to which factors including low home supply, desire for more space, millennial demand and low mortgage rates "have amplified the rapid acceleration of home prices."

These researchers wanted to "dig deeper into the ways that housing has affected the lives of Americans both historically and in the present," so they used U.S. Census Bureau data to explore how housing has changed for Americans since 1960.

Refinance fraud risk also continued its own upward trend but remains 8.6% lower than it was a year ago.