An index illustrating mortgage credit availability reveals a clear difference between the market now and prior to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Read More »Where Housing Demand Is Shifting
A report shows a shift in market dynamics, with certain former hot markets seeing an increase in inventory and a drop in demand. Find out where homebuyers are searching, and what it is that’s driving them there.
Read More »The Impact of Lender Understaffing on Loan Quality
A new report on the quality of loans made to homebuyers shows the true cost for lenders struggling with staffing issues and what impacts defects in loan package documentation during the post-closing process.
Read More »New Home Listings Positive Indicator for Inventory Woes
New data indicate that an increase in new home listings signal a softening of the inventory crunch in the housing market and might even be in the early stages of recovery. Here’s what an industry expert said.
Read More »Are Millennial Homebuyers Really Different?
A new report analyzed data on millennial homebuyers and found that millennials might not be as nomadic as they’re made out to be. Click through to learn what matters most to these buyers and why.
Read More »Homebuyers Optimistic Despite Affordability Fears
Despite perceptions of high home prices and rising mortgage rates that continued to weigh on their minds, homebuyers remained cautiously optimistic about the housing market according to a report by Fannie Mae. Here’s a break down of its findings.
Read More »What the Housing Market Learned from a Crisis
Experts point to potential problems that were not addressed in the housing and financial services industries after the Great Recession receded and the market rebounded, as well as ways to still address these problems before it is too late.
Read More »Home Prices, Mortgage Rates, and Millennials
The majority of millennials living in their first home are ready to upgrade—but they remain where they are. Here’s the factors that are keeping them put in their starter homes.
Read More »The Development of Middle-Class Neighborhoods
A report shows what metropolitan areas the middle-class tends to concentrate in, and why. Click here to see where those areas are and what forces shape them.
Read More »Report Reveals Credit Tightening for Homebuyers
Even though some borrowers across the nation saw an increase in mortgage credit availability in September, that wasn’t the case for everyone. Find out which borrowers felt the squeeze and which saw their availability grow.
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