New data show that mortgage applications are down to levels not seen in two years. Here’s a breakdown of how applications across various loans performed.
Read More »Why Renters Can Afford to Buy a Home
Despite rising home prices and tight inventory, one report sees a healthy environment for many renters to become homeowners.
Read More »Home Prices and First-Time Buyers
Home prices, which have been rising steadily are likely to decelerate over the year, according to a report. Will this herald some relief for young first-time homebuyers who have been holding back from entering the market?
Read More »How Policy Can Help Housing Affordability
Calling today’s housing policy proposals only “partial fixes” to the current challenges in the housing market, a policy research suggests four major themes for effective future housing policy.
Read More »Testing the GSEs’ Performance in Adverse Conditions
On Tuesday, the FHFA released the results of the annual stress tests for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that determines how well they’re equipped to absorb losses during adverse or severely adverse economic conditions. Click through for the findings.
Read More »Understanding Financing Options for Manufactured Housing
As more homebuyers look at manufactured housing to ease the affordability crunch, a recent study looked at four ways in which financing for these homes differed from that for traditional housing units. Here’s what it found.
Read More »Why Are Home Sellers Wary of Trading Up?
Home purchase sentiment has reached a plateau, according to a Fannie Mae report with buyers and sellers both citing one particular factor that’s making them rethink their decision to purchase or sell a home.
Read More »How A Technical Glitch at Wells Fargo Led to Foreclosures
A computer error at the bank led to hundreds of accidental foreclosures, according to the company's quarterly filings. Here's how the bank plans to compensate the affected customers.
Read More »HSBC and DoJ Reach $765M Settlement
HSBC will be paying a $765-million fine to the Department of Justice, as representative of the United States, over its contributions from the bank that lead up to ...
Read More »Is More Housing Supply on the Way?
New data on listings show that there might be some relief for housing inventory in the near future. But will it be enough to meet the high demand?
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