More than 2.5 million acres of California have burned this year, surpassing the state’s previous wildfire seasons for total acreage burned, according to a new data report from ...
Read More »Homeowners Who Haven’t Refinanced Stand to Lose Thousands
According to a recently published Zillow report, mortgage rates are still hovering at all-time lows. This means that those homeowners who have not yet taken the plunge and ...
Read More »Areas Where Home Prices Are on the Rise
A just released report by S&P Dow Jones Indices revealed the findings from the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. According to the findings for the month of July, ...
Read More »Where Credit Scores are Suffering the Most
When it comes to credit, the reverberations of COVID-19 are shaking some states more vigorously than others, according to an Annual CardRatings state by state study. States in ...
Read More »How Policymakers Could Help Solve Housing Problem
Several housing advocates recommend policies that could make a difference when it comes to the issue of "housing underproduction," on which the Up For Growth organization published an extensive ...
Read More »What’s Increasing Consumer Home-Buying Power?
First American Financial Corporation’s recently released its July 2020 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI). The RHPI analyzes the fluctuations in price of single-family properties throughout the ...
Read More »Housing Inventory Dips to Lowest Level in 10+ Years
A new forecast from Zillow predicts home sales will peak during the autumn and begin to moderate into 2021, but will remain above pre-pandemic levels. The coming months ...
Read More »The Mortgage Industry’s Digital Horizons
A panel of experts predict circumstances such as continued "robust" demand for housing, a "substantial increase in foreclosures, short sales and bank-owned properties" and more distressed property sales ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Banking in the Fintech Age
In the coming week, the House Financial Services Committee will host a virtual hearing by the Task Force on Financial Technology (Fintech) on digital banking. The hearing entitled ...
Read More »Home Sales Report Indicates Recovery Despite Recent Dip
New home listings aren't bouncing back as quickly as listings of existing homes, experts added, because "construction companies have to deal with lumber and labor shortages" amid the COVID crisis.
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