The nominee for Vice Chair at the Federal Reserve gave his testimony along with Michelle Bowman who is nominated to be a member of the Fed’s Board at a hearing by the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. What did they say?
Read More »How do Consumers View Home Price Growth?
In a market filled with data on rising home prices, what are homebuyers and owners making of growing home prices? Here’s what a New York Fed survey found.
Read More »Wells Fargo Home Lending’s EVP Brad Blackwell Announces Retirement
Blackwell, who's EVP, Housing Policy and Homeownership Growth Strategies has said that he will retire in September.
Read More »All Quiet On the Homefront
Despite a strengthening job market and a rise in median incomes, home sales were lower than the same period last year according to a report. Here are the factors that impacted sales.
Read More »The Impact of Supply Shortage on Luxury Housing
The housing market’s high-end segment saw the highest price appreciation in four years due to a shortage of inventory, a report found. How did it impact sales?
Read More »A Full House … Mostly
Whether parents are approaching becoming empty nesters with tears or rejoicing, the fact remains that an increasing percentage of young adults continue living with their parents a study found. Here’s why.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Housing Starts
This week, the Census Bureau and HUD will release the monthly housing starts for April, which will indicate overall trends in the housing market. Here’s what else is happening in the Week Ahead.
Read More »Millennials Face Tough Choices This Home Buying Season
Financial obstacles and a tight housing market are making it hard for millennials to purchase a home, according to a study. What are they willing to trade-off for a roof?
Read More »GSE Reform’s Impact on Housing
A new research looks at how various scenarios of an administrative reform for the GSEs, in the absence of a reform legislation, could affect the mortgage and housing markets.
Read More »The Housing Market Gets Hotter in the West
Fast-moving real estate markets seem to be most common in the West, according to a new report. But which were the surprise entries on this list?
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