Relatively affordable Seattle-area suburbs top a new list of U.S. cities drawing the most competition among aspiring homeowners.
Read More »FHFA: Potential Changes for Appraisal Process
The agency has requested comment, and administrators say the feedback will inform how they will "modernize appraisals to improve both loan quality and the origination process."
Read More »New Home Sales Slide
It was not a November to remember for the housing market as sales of new single-family homes dropped 11% from the previous month to their lowest point since ...
Read More »How Older Homeowners Are Shaping the Housing Market
Households aged 65 and over are the fastest-growing demographic, according to data in the “State of the Nation’s Housing” report published by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing ...
Read More »More Prospective Buyers Battle for Homes
It was a competitive November in the housing market—a new data report from Redfin found 53.6% of home offers written by the Seattle-headquartered brokerage’s agents nationwide were involved in ...
Read More »This Year’s Historically Strong Market for First-Time Buyers
First-time homebuyers were responsible for a total of 700,000 single-family home purchases during the third quarter of this year, according to new data from Genworth Mortgage Insurance. This ...
Read More »Supreme Court to Determine Constitutionality of FHFA Structure
The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up the case of Collins v. Mnuchin, which will determine whether the leadership structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) violates ...
Read More »Lending Fraud’s Role in the 2008 Financial Crisis
A new study compiled by a financial researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has determined that mortgage fraud was far more prevalent than previously known during ...
Read More »New Housing Fund Endeavor Targets $1B Toward Racial Equity
The Los Angeles-based real estate fund SoLa Impact has rolled out the Black Impact Fund, a $1 billion initiative focused on communities of color with major urban markets. ...
Read More »Household Formation Rates Falter Amid COVID-19
Americans are forming households at lower rates than before the Great Recession, according to new data published by Zillow. This development, which spans all age and racial/ethnic demographics, ...
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