Experts discuss the best strategies to win builder business and offer a 2021 housing market outlook. Here's what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »Fudge Promises to ‘Work Across the Aisle’ for Housing
Marcia Fudge appeared Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs as a Biden-Harris administration nominee to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ...
Read More »Fannie Mae Single-Family Green MBS Issuances Top $100 Million
Fannie Mae continues its Green Bond Program with the issuance of a cumulative $111 million of Single-Family Green Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) since April 2020, when it first introduced ...
Read More »Could Pandemic Financial Setbacks Lead to Homeownership for Some?
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countless changes in every sector, and the home shopping environment is no exception. For some first-time homebuyers, many of whom had to move ...
Read More »Mortgage Applications Dipped Last Week
Large declines in government purchase applications and refinance applications pulled overall activity lower. Economists call this "a sign that borrowers are increasingly more sensitive to higher rates."
Read More »Industry Groups React to Janet Yellen’s Treasury Secretary Confirmation
Leaders in the housing industry say they are looking forward to working with the new Secretary, whose confirmation they hope “bodes well for the housing market." Here is what else they have to say.
Read More »Biden Addresses Housing Inequality Via Executive Order
This is a first step toward helping all Americans access safe, high-quality housing, said Acting HUD Secretary Matthew E. Ammon, “and the chance to build wealth that comes through homeownership."
Read More »Report Shows Biggest Housing Market Gains in 15 Years
Researchers expect even more growth in 2021 as sustained demand pushes home values higher. Click through for more highlights from this year-end report.
Read More »Preparing for the ‘Giant Unknown’ in Disaster Response
On DS5: Inside the Industry this week, Brian Flaherty, COO, Global Strategic Business Process Solutions discusses disaster preparedness and adapting to changes in business.
Read More »New Highs for Existing Home Sales
Amid historically low inventory of for-sale homes, buyer demand keeps outpacing the previous year’s—economists say that pressure on home prices is going to fuel home price growth in the first half of 2021.
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