On Wednesday, members of the Legal League 100 Advisory Council met in Dallas, Texas, to discuss the state of the Legal League 100 and its subcommittees, and to create initiatives to reflect the concerns and needs of its membership.
Read More »Home Prices Soar Past Pre-Recession Peak
According to FHFA, however, price growth may decelerate to more normal rates of appreciation barring dramatic increases in wage growth and vast improvements in other areas of the market.
Read More »Will Housing Policy Determine the Next President?
The upcoming presidential election has not made much of the American population feel better, even when it comes to housing.
Read More »Housing Has Pushed Economic Growth, But. . .
Robust rental demand continues to drive the housing expansion. However, the national homeownership rate has been on an unprecedented 10-year downtrend.
Read More »Watchdog Finds Trouble with CFPB’s Culture
The GAO reported on Tuesday that a survey of the CFPB's nonexecutive employees revealed concerns over fair treatment in the workplace.
Read More »Housing Supply Not Keeping Up with Demand
Housing construction is still considerably below demand across swaths of the United States, and it’s causing costs and rents to balloon, according to a recent analysis.
Read More »The Economic Impact of Building 1,000 Homes
Building 1,000 average single-family homes packs quite an economic wallop, according to the National Association of Homebuilders.
Read More »What Drove the Surge in First-Time Buyer Share?
First-time buyer volume surged 15 percent in May and the first-time buyer share of home purchase loans continued to climb as well. What factors are behind the increases?
Read More »How Risky are Government MI Programs?
Mortgage insurance programs are one way the federal government subsidizes homeownership to low- and moderate-income buyers. But just how much risk is involved with these loans?
Read More »Fed’s Kashkari: Banks Need ‘Massive Structural Changes’
The largest banks may be forced to curtail their lending as a result of tough capital requirements, according to Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kaskhari.
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