Life's a beach for the luxury homes market which ended December with a year over year increase of 7.4 percent to an average of 1.76 million in the ...
Read More »Can Low-Income Buyers Overcome the Down Payment Hurdle?
A study of business practices at one nonprofit mortgage provider shows the company may have found the bridge that closes the wealth and race gaps in homeownership.
Read More »U.S. Housing Has Regained $9 Trillion, But Not Evenly
The U.S. housing market weathered a crippling blow a decade ago. Now the valuation lost in the recession has been recovered. But not everyone is pulling the same weight.
Read More »The Impact of Leadership Change at CFPB
Lenders in the residential mortgage space are hopeful that the new leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will open the doors to a wider dialogue between ...
Read More »The Economy’s Great—Why Is Housing a Problem?
Millennial buyers are in once of the best economies in decades, but they still can’t find houses to buy. And the problem isn’t a fondness for avocado toast.
Read More »Eye on the Industry
Keep track of all the important movements of the industry through this activity update that tracks the people and companies in news this week. CitiMortgage, a New York-based ...
Read More »ZVN Properties Announces New Executive Leadership
ZVN Properties Inc, a national mortgage field services provider based in Canal Fulton, Ohio, recently announced the newest additions to the company’s executive leadership team with the ...
Read More »New Home Sales Continue Upward Trend
New home sales were up in 2017, according to new data. Not only did they jump about 8 percent across the entire year, but December alone marked a 14-percent rise from one year prior.
Read More »Data Shows Mortgage Applications on the Rise
The most recent Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, is up—see the breakdown by loan type here.
Read More »Home Prices, Tax Reform, and Worker Migration
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman recently appeared on CNBC to discuss the state of housing industry and the overall trends he is seeing in the early days of 2018. Kelman ...
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