Though they admit that owning a home is worth it in the long-term, the barrier to entry seems too high for many millennials looking to purchase their first home.
Read More »Taxes Paid by Property Owners Growing
Information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s quarterly tax data revealed that property owners paid $594 billion in taxes over the four quarters ending in Q1 2019, the National ...
Read More »Measuring Increases in Mortgage Debt
How much has mortgage debt increased and shifted through the years? A new report looks at what led to record-high mortgage debt.
Read More »Adding Transparency to the Homebuying Process
Redfin has announced that it will publish the commission offered to the buyer's agent for homes that a Redfin agent is hired to sell on Redfin.com.
Read More »Studying the Ban on Single-Family Housing
A study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) states traditional housing zoning has been seen as a barrier to affordability, and that using policy to promote ...
Read More »Affordability Receives a Jolt
Consumers’ homebuyer power increased in June by 3.3% from the prior month and has risen 12.2% year-over-year, according to First American Financial Corporation’s Real House Price Index (RHPI). ...
Read More »Employment and Housing Prices
Here's how employment and housing prices correlate over the last twenty years.
Read More »Reaching Underserved Borrowers
Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the August issue of MReport, out now. Non-Qualified Mortgages (non-QM) are still a small part of the overall mortgage origination market. ...
Read More »Younger Generation Expected to be Hit Hardest by Recession
A new report from The Atlantic states that while inverted yield curves, economic downturns, and slowing growth will impact everyone, it will be the millennials that will be ...
Read More »Poll: Trade War with China to Impact Housing Market
A report from Reuters reveals that the trade war between the U.S. and China may stop some of the growth of the U.S. housing market from additional interest ...
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