Scores of millennials leaped at the chance to refinance their mortgages in September, according to the latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker. During that month, there was an acceleration ...
Read More »Charting Older Adults’ Access to Housing
A generation's desire to "age-in-place" has created a need for officials and policymakers at local levels to assess how well they are meeting the needs of homeowners at ...
Read More »Red States, Blue States, and the American Dream
Experts in the housing industry have offered varied opinions about the election outcome—which, at the time of publication, is uncertain—and how it might impact the housing market, lenders, ...
Read More »How Much Will Homes Be Worth in 2030?
The pandemic has had a huge impact on the housing market in 2020, but its impact could have a much farther reach into the future. A recent report ...
Read More »Homeowner Struggles Related to COVID-19
On the cusp of November, the United States Census Household Pulse Survey, which deploys real-time data on a range of ways in which people’s lives have been impacted ...
Read More »Natural Disasters Shifting Where Americans Want to Live
Wildfires have wreaked havoc across the U.S. this year, causing massive damage in California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. The country has also weathered 27 named storms in 2020, ...
Read More »FHFA’s Annual Report Outlines Affordable Housing Goals
The FHFA released its Annual Housing Report Friday. It outlines Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's 2019 affordable housing activities, fulfilling a requirement of 1992's Safety and Soundness Act, and more. In ...
Read More »Millennial Snapshot: Comparing Homeowner vs. Renter Credit Scores
Recent data digs into the financial differences between millennial homeowners and their renting peers.
Read More »GSEs Report Multi-Billion Dollar Q3 Earnings
Representatives from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac noted impressive earnings while also “helping hundreds of thousands of families buy, rent, and remain in their homes.”
Read More »Does Party Affiliation Affect Americans’ Views on Housing Policy?
Americans responded questions related to housing policy in an early October Redfin survey of over 3,000 U.S. adults. Researchers asked about respondents' views on down payment assistance, government ...
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