According to a new report from Redfin, the share of home sellers who dropped their asking price jumped to a six-month-high of 15% for the four weeks ending ...
Read More »CFPB Issues Memo to Increase Consumer Protections
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has recently published an advisory opinion to affirm that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) bars lenders from discriminating against customers after ...
Read More »Post-Pandemic AAPI Homebuying Skyrockets
Owning a home is seen as a sign of success and financial stability, and while Asian people in the U.S. tend to have higher educational attainment and household ...
Read More »MBA Forecast Calls for Higher Home Prices and Mortgage Rates
According to the new MBA Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI), homebuyer affordability declined in March, with the national median payment applied for by applicants rising 5% to $1,736 ...
Read More »Tampa Leads YoY Home Price Increase Across 20 Metros
CoreLogic has released its CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for March 2022. U.S. home prices continued to post significant year-over-year gains in March, up by 20.9%, ...
Read More »Mark Herron Joins Flagstar Bank as CBO
Flagstar Bank has announced the hiring of Mark Herron as Chief Brand Officer for the company. His responsibilities at Flagstar will include marketing strategies, sales, branding, technology transformation, ...
Read More »EPM Welcomes New Additions Roman Vega, Charles Coletta to Team
Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) has announced the appointment of Charles Coletta as Chief Investment Officer, and Roman Vega as Chief Strategy Officer. "I am humbled and honored to ...
Read More »Supply Shortage, Rising Rates Push Buyers Into Homes Sooner
HouseCanary, Inc. has released its latest Market Pulse report, — a continuous review of proprietary data and insights from Housing Canary — covering 22 listing-originated metrics and comparing data between ...
Read More »Midsize, Small Markets Led Surging YoY Q1 Home Price Gains
According to the National Association of Realtors' latest quarterly report, Q1 of 2022 found more markets reaching double-digit annual price gains than the previous quarter. Meanwhile, approximately 70% of ...
Read More »Single Women Homebuyers Remain Priced Out by Men
The gender pay gap is increasingly burdening women, who are now priced out of 34 cities as home prices continue to accelerate across the country. While the onset ...
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