In a time where mortgage rates are dropping, refinance is rising, and affordable homes are few and far between, it can be difficult to find the right place ...
Read More »Employment and Housing Prices
Here's how employment and housing prices correlate over the last twenty years.
Read More »Home-Price Gains ‘Sluggish’ in June
Home-price growth slowed in June, as the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index reported that prices rose just annually 3.1% in June—a decline from 3.3% growth in May. ...
Read More »Lenders Discuss HUD, FHA’s New Condo Approval Policies
Reverse Mortgage Daily reported that lenders agree that the new condominium approval process announced by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the FHA will expand ...
Read More »Prospective Homebuyers Pulling Back
A poll by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during Q2 2019 shows that just 12% of prospective homebuyers are planning to buy a home next year, ...
Read More »New York’s Struggling Housing Market
The New York State Association of Realtors revealed the median-sales price rose for 43rd consecutive month in July to nearly $300,000, as sales are struggling to keep up. ...
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 »Land-Use Regulations and its Impact on Affordability
A new study from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies analyzes the efforts over the past five decades to remove barriers to homeownership, and certain zoning regulations ...
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 »The Week Ahead: Home Price Growth Measured
U.S. home prices rose by 0.1% in May month over month, and the next FHFA Home Price Index will detail how prices shifted in June. Here's what else it look out for in the Week Ahead.
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