In response to a controversial moment during a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Carson provided a statement on HUD's priorities and “focus on families.”
Read More »What to Do With the QM Patch?
A new American Enterprise Institute Center on Housing Markets piece weighs in on possible misconceptions and solutions to the upcoming expiration of the Qualified Mortgage Patch.
Read More »New York Fed Takes the Pulse of American Households
How do American households feel about where the economy and the housing market are headed? Click through to see the results of the New York Fed's recent survey.
Read More »Custom Home Building Remains Stagnant
The reported rate of custom housing starts for 2019 is a slight decline when compared to 2018, but the drop in the market share of custom built single-family homes was much larger.
Read More »FHA Commissioner Montgomery: HECM Program on the Right Track
Speaking at a recent industry event, Montgomery called himself “cautiously optimistic” about the results of recent corrective actions within the HECM program.
Read More »How First-Time Buyers Drive the Mortgage Market
Find out how millennials and other first time buyers are becoming the biggest influences on the housing market.
Read More »HARPing on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Refinancing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 234,716 refinances in Q1 2019, with 901 loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program ...
Read More »Analyzing the Single-Family Rental Market
Single-family rentals continued to grow in March. Find out what's driving the growth, and how the market has stabilized.
Read More »Housing Inventory on the Rise?
Total existing-home sales nationwide dipped more than 4%, but there was good news on the inventory front. Click through to learn all the details from a new report.
Read More »Good News for Potential Home Sales
A new report takes a look at potential existing-home sales trends, as well as one factor that could have a long-term impact.
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