The 55+ single-family housing market is not only alive and well but is expected to continue in that path for the near term, according to a couple of recent surveys.
Read More »CFPB to Expand on New Servicing Rules at Five Star Conference
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will provide an in-depth look at the updates to its mortgage servicing rules on September 12 as part of this year's Five Star Conference and Expo.
Read More »Metros Where Renters Can Afford to Become Homeowners
The homeownership rate in the U.S. is at its lowest rate in more than five decades at 62.9 percent, but according to new research, it doesn’t have to be that way.
Read More »House Dems Urge Cordray to Pass Arbitration Clause Ban
Sixty-five House Democrats expressed strong support for the CFPB's proposed rule to prohibit the use of forced arbitration in consumer contracts in the form of a letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Wednesday,
Read More »Reports of Housing Bubble Risk May Be Exaggerated
When examining the likelihood of a housing bubble in certain potentially risky markets, one study found that those markets may not be at risk of a bubble after all.
Read More »Millennials are the Key to Credit Union Growth
A new study has found that they will likely be the key driver and the target market for sustained loan growth at credit unions—and a main driver of that growth has been mortgages.
Read More »Course of Nature Might Put Homes Literally Underwater
Will rising sea levels put half of the homes in 300 U.S. cities literally underwater by the start of the next century?
Read More »Are Thriving Housing Markets Moving East?
Studies generally find that the housing markets with the most activity are in the West. One recent report found a notable exception, however.
Read More »Construction Spending Can’t Climb Out of Doldrums
While residential construction spending stayed flat from May to June, the overall numbers were not pretty.
Read More »Are Older Millennials Holding Back Homeownership?
Why is the homeownership rate at an all-time low? The answer may lie within a key demographic.
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