Consumer behavior drives every market, especially the homebuying industry—a new study gauges how the general population feels about the not-too-distant future of purchasing a home.
Read More »Monthly Pending Home Sales Dip
Economists attribute the decrease to low inventory and say that with more new listings, sales should rise.
Read More »Analyzing Seasoned QM Loans
The CFPB's "seasoning pathway to safe harbor is not a panacea," researchers noted, “but at the margin, the pathway will expand the credit box."
Read More »Home Shortage Is Most Severe in Rural Areas
Homebuyers shopping urban areas—where supply is down, but not by as much—reportedly will have more luck than those seeking real estate outside the city.
Read More »Fannie Mae Single-Family Green MBS Issuances Top $100 Million
Fannie Mae continues its Green Bond Program with the issuance of a cumulative $111 million of Single-Family Green Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) since April 2020, when it first introduced ...
Read More »U.S. Home Seller Profits Leaped in 2020
Eschewing the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. home sellers saw their profits skyrocket last year as prices scaled to new records, according to ATTOM Data Solutions, which released its Year-End ...
Read More »Could Pandemic Financial Setbacks Lead to Homeownership for Some?
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countless changes in every sector, and the home shopping environment is no exception. For some first-time homebuyers, many of whom had to move ...
Read More »Home Prices Spike Nationwide
Researchers say the "acceleration has been slowing but annual gains now outpace the prior housing boom."
Read More »Mortgage Applications Dipped Last Week
Large declines in government purchase applications and refinance applications pulled overall activity lower. Economists call this "a sign that borrowers are increasingly more sensitive to higher rates."
Read More »Optimism Returns with Homebuyers In Tow
The circumstances of 2020 may have halted many people’s dreams of owning their first home or upgrading, but 2021 seems to be putting those people back on their path.
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