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Although most consumers indicate that they had a positive homebuying experience, despite a more time consuming mortgage process, they also called attention to three things that banks need to improve on.

First-time homebuyers are faced with two major challenges in the housing market that are keeping them from purchasing a home: scarce inventory and higher home prices.

Interest rates for home loans remained near 3-year lows this week, while coincidentally, mortgage applications experienced a jump. Are consumers finally taking advantage of historically low rates?

For the last 10 years, jumbo mortgage-backed securities have been climbing their way back into the market, but did the implementation of TRID and other factors put a stop to growth in this sector?

One task that has never been easy in the housing market is getting a mortgage loan for under $50,000, but small loans are quickly nearing the point of nonexistence which will create barriers of entry for homeownership.

First-time buyer volume rose significantly in March 2016, driven by continued labor market improvements, riskier mortgage lending, and historically low mortgage rates.

The continuous imbalance of extremely low inventory levels and soaring demand is creating a gap in the housing market. Existing-home sales have been in limbo since the start of the year mostly due to the lack of available housing options in market. Where will they fall this week?

The PNC Financial Services Group's residential mortgage banking division faced losses at the start of the year due to losses related to mortgage servicing rights and lower loan sales.

While the industry shudders at the thought of a change to the cherished mortgage interest deduction, the future of homeownership could stand to benefit from such a change.

Stated income loans were huge contributors to the housing crisis, but they are making a very quiet reappearance in the housing market. Should the industry be concerned?