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A recent report found that the gap between homeowner perceptions of their home’s value and appraisal values was less than half a percent. Here are the factors that are bridging the value perception gap.

While the rest of the housing market cruises along, vacation home markets are still trying to get back to the values they had before the crash, according to a report. What’s keeping this market from booming?

Even as access to credit gets easier, homebuyers and owners remain uncertain over the trend of growing home prices, according to a report by the New York Fed. What other indicators have consumers worried?

An industry survey reveals that while first-time homebuyers will persevere through interest rate hikes this year, another factor would prove a bigger headwind for them. What will impact the best laid plans of first-time buyers?

Tight inventory and rising home prices are impacting not only mortgage demand, but also lenders' outlook on profit margins, according to a Fannie Mae survey. Here are the factors that are making lenders see red.

The nominations of Richard Clarida for Vice-Chairman of the Fed and Michelle Bowman for Member of the Board of Governors of the Fed is now headed for a Senate vote. Click through for the details.

New and existing homes aren’t the only properties enticing U.S. buyers these days. Vacation, investment, and second homes are raking in dollars as well, a new study reveals. Certain areas of the country, however, are more sought-after than others.

With home prices continuing to soar in many markets, there’s a lot to consider when consumers decide whether to buy a home or stick with the rental market. A new report, however, highlights potential financial incentives to renting that many might not have considered.

With the FOMC meeting beginning on Tuesday and a rate hike expected after it, experts weigh in on what another hike in interest rates would mean for mortgage lenders and borrowers.

In light of proposed housing finance reforms, a study looked at the effectiveness of measures in place regarding the fee paid by the GSEs to HUD and The Treasury towards raising funds for affordable housing and here’s what it found.