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Read More »Mortgage Rates Continue Upward Trend
The expectation on future hikes by the Federal Reserve as well as increased borrowing by the U.S. Treasury drove mortgage interests up according to the Primary Mortgage Market ...
Read More »What Do Potential GSE Changes Mean for FICO?
The Federal Housing Finance Agency recently released a Request for Input seeking feedback about the possibility of changing the credit scores the GSEs requires lenders to use to evaluate borrowers. According to ...
Read More »Rising Interest Rates See Mortgage Applications Decline
A rise in mortgage interest rates saw mortgage applications decrease 2.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey released on Wednesday. ...
Read More »Independence, Not Marriage Prompts Millennials to Move Homes
In 2017, 34.9 million Americans changed residence. At 10.9 percent household mobility rate, that the lowest moving rate that has been seen around the U.S. since the Census ...
Read More »What’s Keeping Manufactured Housing In the Shadows?
A recent study of the manufactured housing sector by the Urban Institute has pointed to three main reasons—restrictive zoning, unavailable finance, and lower appreciation—that are keeping the manufactured ...
Read More »Low Inventory Might Slow the Pace of Home Sales
Pending home sales inched up 0.5 percent during the year according to the Pending Home Sales Index released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday. The ...
Read More »Appeals Court CFPB Reversal Charts Course for Supreme Court
In a split decision, a Washington appeals court has reversed a previous ruling, declaring the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be constitutional after all. The Court of Appeals for the ...
Read More »Fair Weather or Headwinds for the State of Housing?
On Tuesday evening, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address before the Congress. The White House released excerpts from the speech before it began, highlighting a ...
Read More »Homeownership, Vacancy Rates Flat Year-Over-Year
Both homeownership and homeowner vacancy rates were flat in year-over-year change during Q4 2017, according to the latest quarterly Residential Vacancies and Homeownership report released by the U.S. ...
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