Arch Capital Group can move forward with its plans to expand its footprint in the private mortgage insurance industry with the announcement of the completion of the acquisition of United Guaranty Corporation.
Read More »Robust Home Price Growth Comes with Caveat
The home price growth the nation has experienced in the last four-plus years since prices bottomed out is expected to continue over the next 12 months, but the effect may be adverse for housing.
Read More »Rise in Holiday Cheer…and Mortgage Rates?
Housing enjoyed a great year in 2016, but still left room for growth, according to one analysis.
Read More »Home Prices: 54 Months of Gains and Counting
Though home prices have risen every month for more than four years and have passed their pre-crash highs in many areas, the rate of appreciation is expected to slow next year.
Read More »New Home Sales Near Post-Recession Peak
What drove new home sales to their second-highest annual pace in the last eight years, according to one analysis?
Read More »Weather is Cooling, But Demand is Not
The fall months are typically the off-season for housing, but that was not the case this time around.
Read More »Here is What is Moving Home Prices Upward
Home price acceleration is moving at its fastest clip in a decade, which is not necessarily a good thing, according to one analysis.
Read More »Unfortunately for Affordability, it Looks Like 2008
What factors pushed housing affordability in Q4 down to its lowest level in eight years, according to one analysis?
Read More »The Already Short Supply Just Got Shorter
If those in the industry were hoping that the latest existing-home sales report from the National Association of Realtors would bring good news as far as housing inventory, it did not happen.
Read More »Looser Underwriting is the Name of the Game in 2016
Why have banks and federal savings associations began relaxing their underwriting standards, according to a survey from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency?
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