With fixed-mortgage rates holding steady, find out how the market is expected to react.
Read More »Update on New Home Trends
Here's what industry had to say about the latest new home construction data from HUD and the Census Bureau.
Read More »What to Do With the QM Patch?
A new American Enterprise Institute Center on Housing Markets piece weighs in on possible misconceptions and solutions to the upcoming expiration of the Qualified Mortgage Patch.
Read More »Custom Home Building Remains Stagnant
The reported rate of custom housing starts for 2019 is a slight decline when compared to 2018, but the drop in the market share of custom built single-family homes was much larger.
Read More »How First-Time Buyers Drive the Mortgage Market
Find out how millennials and other first time buyers are becoming the biggest influences on the housing market.
Read More »HARPing on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Refinancing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 234,716 refinances in Q1 2019, with 901 loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program ...
Read More »Good News for Potential Home Sales
A new report takes a look at potential existing-home sales trends, as well as one factor that could have a long-term impact.
Read More »How Vacancy Impacts Home Sales
According to a recent report, vacant homes stay on the market for longer, and sell for less, than occupied homes. Here's where those price gaps are largest.
Read More »Housing Outlook—Where Is the Market Headed in 2019?
While wage growth continues to be more aligned with home costs, a new trend from buyers could shift the migration pattern moving forward.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Will Existing-Home Sales Rebound in March?
New reports from the Chicago Fed National Activity Index, a look at changing home values, and Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Survey are also coming in The Week Ahead.
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