Home prices in the Mountain region saw a 10 percent year over year rise between January 2017 and January 2018 according to the latest Home Price Index data ...
Read More »The 7 Hottest Housing Markets in the U.S.
With the national economy on cruise control, it might be easy to forget that some markets are clearly hotter than others. The latest look at “sizzling” markets from ...
Read More »Why are Starter Homes Becoming Hard to Find?
One of the major casualties of a national housing market defined by continuously rising prices and over-tight inventory is the starter home, according to the latest Inventory and ...
Read More »$42 Billion: HUD’s Budget for 2018
On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson testified before the Senate Banking Committee. "At HUD, we believe the requested level of funding–$42 ...
Read More »Mortgage Apps Decrease, Led by Refis
The mortgage rates, which are usually responsible for the rise or fall in mortgage applications, have remained stable for a few weeks now. Yet, mortgage apps decreased 1.1 ...
Read More »Existing Home Sales Spring Back
After two consecutive months of decline, existing-home sales rebounded in February rising 3 percent, according to the existing-home sales report released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) ...
Read More »Five Star Fintech Summit Charts Housing’s Future Path
With the 2018 Five Star Single-Family Rental Summit wrapping up on Wednesday afternoon, the next big Five Star event followed close on its heels—the inaugural Five Star Fintech ...
Read More »What Do Borrowers Desire in the Mortgage Process?
Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, released its second annual Borrower Insights Survey at the Ellie Mae Experience conference on Tuesday. This survey ...
Read More »After Fed Hike, Mortgage Rates Could Rise Again
On Wednesday, after Jerome Powell's first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as Fed Chair, the Federal Reserve announced that it had increased the Fed funds rate by ...
Read More »Ginnie Mae’s MBS Outstanding Remains Stable at $1.9T
Ginnie Mae, the wholly owned government corporation that attracts global capital into the housing finance system announced on Tuesday that its issuance of Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) over ...
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