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“Renting is more affordable in the majority of markets, despite rental rates continuing to rise over the past year,” said Rick Sharga, EVP of Market Intelligence for ATTOM.

The RE/MAX National Housing Report revealed new listings recorded the largest month-to-month decline in December 2022, while markets with the biggest decrease in year-over-year new listing percentages were found in Sunbelt cities such as Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Content marketing is no longer a fad, and Alayna Gardner of LodeStar explains why lenders and service providers need to hone their own content.

Mortgage applications for new home purchases decreased 25.2% in December compared to a year ago, according to a new report from the MBA Builder Application Survey. The data shows the number of applications and estimated sales are more than 20% behind last year's pace.

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association and RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index hit a record high of 413.22, while senior housing wealth grew by nearly $226 billion in Q3 of 2022.

All of the top-10 ranked cities for first-time buyers had ample inventory, short commutes, and more restaurants than average.

Fannie Mae has selected five proposals to help advance racial equity in housing through the $5 Million Innovation Challenge, designed to assist in finding solutions to remove barriers in the home renting and homebuying experience.

As the fixed-rate mortgage fell to a near-five-month low, prospective buyers and those seeking refis brought life into the marketplace, boosting mortgage apps 27.9% over last week’s totals.

Some of the pain the mortgage industry is experiencing is self-inflicted and can be corrected, as Louis Zitting of MonitorBase explains there is still time to pivot, salvage what’s left, and develop a path forward to experience success.

Fannie Mae’s Jake Williamson and Appraisal Institute President Craig Steinley share their perspective with MReport about how the industry is working to improve the appraisal process in 2023.