As 2017 nears, economists are looking at fast growing job markets to determine popular markets and trends.
Read More »Single-Family Rentals are Not Just Existing Homes
With the existing-home supply limited, newly built homes are slowly gaining market share in the single-family rental space.
Read More »Hitting New Heights of Home Price Appreciation
Home prices have been rising steadily since hitting their trough in January 2012, and are up to their pre-crisis peaks in many markets. According to the latest data, which markets have reached new peaks?
Read More »Increasing Access to Mortgages for Minorities
Laurie Goodman and Alanna McCargo of the Urban Institute's Housing Finance Policy Center explain why increasing homeowership to minorities is critical to the economy—and what lenders can do to help.
Read More »Are Home Prices Sustainable? Maybe Not Everywhere
Home prices have growth so fast in one particular area that homes there may be considered overvalued, according to Fitch Ratings.
Read More »Is the Fed Ready to Make a Move?
The Federal Reserve has not raised the federal funds target rate since last December. What do the minutes from November's meeting indicate?
Read More »DOJ Concedes Battle in BOA ‘Hustle’ Case
Bank of America has officially won its battle against the Department of Justice six months after an appeals court threw out the $1.27 billion penalty against the bank for selling toxic RMBS.
Read More »The Challenge Facing First-Time Buyers
Potential first-time homebuyers are facing an uphill battle, and here is why.
Read More »Why is Credit Tight for LMI Borrowers?
Analysis identified tight credit for low- and moderate-income borrowers as one of the fundamental challenges facing the housing market. What is causing the issue, and what can the new administration do to help?
Read More »New Candidate to Lead HUD has Emerged
As speculation of who will be appointed by the Trump camp to the position of HUD Secretary circulates, a new name has been thrown into the ring.
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