While Fed Chair Jerome Powell has signaled a pause on rate hikes, here’s how the Fed’s new strategy could impact housing and the economy.
Read More »Homeowners Feeling Locked-in
A recent study looked at cities where homeowners stayed put for a longer-than-average time period. What factors are keeping them in place?
Read More »Survey Says, Home Affordability a Top Concern
These are the steps being suggested by lenders to improve affordability for first-time homebuyers in Fannie Mae’s Quarterly Lender Survey.
Read More »Loan Application Defect Risk Surges
An economist analyzes the reasons behind the volatile defect risk rates toward the end of last year and the possibilities of a stabilized market environment in 2019. Here’s what he had to say.
Read More »Home Sales: Waiting for Good News?
Watch this video to learn why contract signings declined across the country and what is on the horizon for pending home sales for the rest of the quarter.
Read More »The Price of Entry for First-Time Homebuyers
A new report highlights how expensive it is for first-time buyers to break into the housing market.
Read More »Crapo Puts Housing Finance Reform Front & Center
The Senate Banking Committee has legislation related to the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at the top of its agenda. Here’s why.
Read More »Taking the Chair at Freddie Mac
Here’s why Freddie Mac thinks longtime corporate executive, Sara Mathew is a unique fit to serve as the GSE’s next board chair.
Read More »Home Prices: Slower Growth, Regional Gains
The latest S&P Case-Shiller elucidates on the factors that are dampening the pace of price increases across the U.S and regions that are leading in annual gains. Here’s what it revealed.
Read More »Quality Control in Mortgage Lending
Click through to learn which quality control regulations posed the maximum problems for post-close loans and how these issues can be reduced.
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