Tag Archives: HOUSING

The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced that it has selected Jeffrey K. Ball to fill an upcoming vacancy on the board.

Bitcoin has hit the "mania" phase—with some people reportedly borrowing money to buy into the new craze. In an interview with Joseph Borg, President of the North American ...

In a recent Economic Center Blog by First American, their Chief Economist delves into an analysis of the “near certainty” that the FOMC will raise the short-term Federal Funds rate on Wednesday—and what that means for first-time homebuyers.

One week—that’s all it took for the Thomas Fire, a massive wildfire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, to rage into the 5th largest wildfire in modern ...

Quicken Loans' latest National Home Price Perception Index reports that November’s gap between opinions from appraisers and homeowners is the narrowest in 2017.

Despite current market challenges, there are some housing attributes a borrower just isn’t willing to give up. In the latest ValueInsured Modern Homebuyer Survey conducted in the last week ...

Misconceptions about mortgage and the home buying process is what holds many adults and millennials back from becoming a homeowner.

In a recent announcement, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York reported the second highest annual award amount in the bank’s Affordable Housing Program history—which will result in creation or rehabilitation of nearly 2,900 housing units.

As 2017 starts to wind down, CoreLogic’s Chief Economist forecasts affordability to be the greatest challenge for the 2018 housing market—and analyzes what main factors will drive it.

CoreVest, the lender to residential real estate investors, announced that it has recently been approved under a pilot program with Freddie Mac to provide enhanced liquidity in the ...