The results of July’s Census Bureau New Residential Construction Survey was a mixed bag. Building permits in July grew month-over-month by 8.4% to 1.33 million, and 1.5% annually. ...
Read More »Are Fannie and Freddie Prepared for Adverse Conditions?
FHFA, released the results of the stress tests for the two GSEs as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Here’s what the tests revealed about the creditworthiness of the enterprises.
Read More »The Slowing Rate of Home-Value Growth
Zillow’s July Real Estate Market Report shows that home values for the month grew 5.2% annually to an average of $229,000—the seventh-consecutive month with declining appreciation. July 2019 ...
Read More »What’s Next Following Wednesday’s Economic Crash?
The stock market did its best to recover Thursday after falling off the cliff on Wednesday, sending Wall Street into panic as the 10-year and 2-year Treasury yield ...
Read More »Eye on the Industry: Updates on New Hires, Acquisitions
The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has promoted Greg Ward to EVP and Chief Risk Officer and promoted Arlene Coyle ...
Read More »Affordability, Technology, and the Future
Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the August issue of MReport, out now. Danny Gardner leads Freddie Mac’s Single-Family Affordable Lending and Access to Credit business. In ...
Read More »Why Low Mortgage Rates Aren’t Stoking Home Sales
An analysis of some of the nation’s top markets gives insights into the factors that are overriding the benefits of low rates.
Read More »The Constraints on Housing Growth
Click through to learn more about what a new Fannie Mae report has to say about trends that are impacting the housing market and the economy.
Read More »Hispanic Homeownership Problems
Hispanic homeownership is lagging behind non-Hispanic white homeownership, and a new study takes a look at where Hispanic homeownership has fallen behind the most.
Read More »FHA Announces New Financing Policies for Condos
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced on Wednesday new regulations and policies for the condominium approval process, aimed to help affordability for first-time buyers. New rules and the ...
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