The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its annual report on residential mortgage lending activity and trends for 2021. The report’s data are submitted by thousands of ...
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Slip for Seventh Consecutive Month
Existing-home sales experienced another slight dip in August, marking the seventh consecutive month of declines, according to the National Association of REALTORS. New data also found that month-over-month ...
Read More »Industry Experts Provide Insight on SFR Markets, Inflationary Pressures
As the second day of the 2022 Five Star Conference continued, experts from the SFR space gathered for this year's installment of the Single-Family Rental Roundtable. Opening with ...
Read More »Chairwoman Waters Announces Legislation to End Modern-Day Redlining
"This bill will hold banks accountable to the local communities where they have branches or do most of their lending,” said Chairwoman Maxine Waters. She added that the legislation would strive to encourage banks’ investment in the communities they serve and to help close the widening racial-wealth gap.
Read More »Share of All-Cash Purchases Remains Elevated, Loans Inch Upward
According to a new report from Redfin, nearly one-third —or 31.4%— of U.S. home purchases were paid for with all cash in July. That’s near the eight-year high reached in ...
Read More »Examining the Nation’s Most Vulnerable Housing Markets
ATTOM has released a Special Housing Risk Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are more or less vulnerable to declines, based on home affordability, ...
Read More »Homebuyers Find More Options in Fall
Since the start of the pandemic, homes have been in high demand leading to fierce competition, rapidly depleting inventory, soaring prices, and a swift market pace. Realtor.com recently ...
Read More »Report: Market Downturn Won’t Yield 2008 Market Crash Results
Brace has observed in its latest Mortgage Servicing Pulse that changes in Servicing regulations following the Great Recession, coupled with accelerated digital adoption during the Covid pandemic, have ...
Read More »Lock Volume Plummets Nationwide on Rising Rates
Black Knight, Inc. has announced the release of its latest Originations Market Monitor report, looking at mortgage origination data through August month-end. Leveraging daily rate lock data from the Black Knight Optimal ...
Read More »Recession Perception Increasingly Affecting Homebuyers
In order to better understand the sentiment and experiences of buyers, sellers, and renters currently on the market for homes, the Realtor.com Economics team has conducted a randomized ...
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