The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently released its NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report for July. Do homebuilders have confidence in the future market’s housing starts and buyer turnout, or will they stall out?
Read More »Predicting the Future of Homeownership
A new study reveals the biggest influencers of tomorrow’s housing market. Can they improve homeownership rates?
Read More »What Happened to the Financial Market?
Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase all reported their second quarter financial earnings on Friday before the market opened in the morning; but, despite reporting earnings and total ...
Read More »New Couch Syndrome: The Real Deal
First-time homebuyers spend their money differently than experienced homebuyers after they move, according to a new study conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Using data ...
Read More »Diversity: The Thing Homeowners All Have in Common
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has finalized four amendments to its Minority and Women Inclusion regulations. What do the amendments mean for GSEs and federal banks?
Read More »Fed Chair Calls for Looser Regulations
Janet Yellen sat in the hot seat in front of the Senate Thursday, completing the second half of her semi-annual testimony. What recommendations did she give the committee, and did they fall in line with recent calls by politicians in the CHOICE act?
Read More »Housing Affordability: The Demographic Divide
Other than the issue of demographic divide, the overall opinion on the housing market isn’t changing the ways consumers think about home buying, according to the latest National Housing Pulse Survey. See what potential homebuyers find most and least important here.
Read More »Almost There
It’s no secret that appraisals are going up, but are they in line with home appreciation, and homeowners’ expectations?
Read More »Is Your State in the Summer’s Hottest Markets?
In a ranking of the nation’s 50 largest housing markets, Ten-X detailed the top five according to current and forecasted housing fundamentals. Check out who came out on top.
Read More »Honoring Housing’s Top Females
Nominations are now open for MReport’s Women of Impact list, which features influential female leaders in the housing and mortgage industry. The honorees will be recognized in the magazine’s special Women in Housing issue in September.
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