One week—that’s all it took for the Thomas Fire, a massive wildfire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, to rage into the 5th largest wildfire in modern ...
Read More »Homeowners and Appraisers More Aligned Than Ever
Quicken Loans' latest National Home Price Perception Index reports that November’s gap between opinions from appraisers and homeowners is the narrowest in 2017.
Read More »What Homebuyers Want
Despite current market challenges, there are some housing attributes a borrower just isn’t willing to give up. In the latest ValueInsured Modern Homebuyer Survey conducted in the last week ...
Read More »Perceived Barriers Keep Many From Owning a Home
Misconceptions about mortgage and the home buying process is what holds many adults and millennials back from becoming a homeowner.
Read More »Rising Credit Card Debt Could Be Obstacle to Homeownership
Rising expenditures such as housing and medical costs ensure that many Americans are still turning to credit cards to help make ends meet, instead of saving for goals such as a down payment.
Read More »Top 3 Factors Impacting Housing Affordability
As 2017 starts to wind down, CoreLogic’s Chief Economist forecasts affordability to be the greatest challenge for the 2018 housing market—and analyzes what main factors will drive it.
Read More »Fannie Mae Leaders Named in “Most Powerful” List
Fannie Mae’s Jeffery Hayward, EVP and Head of Multifamily, and Kimberly Johnson, EVP and Chief Risk Officer, have been listed among Black Enterprise’s “Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Reshaping Consumer Lending in 2018
On Wednesday, TransUnion will take a look at the road ahead with its annual Consumer Lending Forecast for 2018. Here’s what else is slated for The Week Ahead.
Read More »Manhattan, San Francisco Least Affordable U.S. Markets
A new report pinpoints Vancouver as the most unaffordable housing market in North America, but Manhattan and San Francisco are close behind. What other U.S. cities top the list?
Read More »In Housing, a Good Deal Is Hard to Find
To buy or to rent? That’s the conundrum faced by most anyone searching for a new home. But with many of the best deals already cleaned out of the marketplace, those opting to buy might want to haggle.
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