While lenders have long touted the value have having the originator of a mortgage loan attend the closing, a recent analysis uncovered added benefits.
Read More »Does a Return to Pre-Crisis Norm Equal Recovery?
Industry experts have determined that if the housing market follows its current trajectory, the median home price in the U.S. will be equal to that of prices before the housing crisis by 2017.
Read More »Housing Starts are Exceeding Expectations
Analysts had been expecting a decline in housing starts in July's residential construction report, but instead they received some good news when the report was released Tuesday.
Read More »What States Offer the Most Ideal Lifestyle?
If families wanted to find the places with the safest neighborhoods, most affordable child care, best job security, highest income, and the best education opportunities, where would they go?
Read More »Builder Confidence Rollercoaster Heading Upward
News was bad as far as the first GDP estimate for Q2, but there was enough positive economic data for builders to improve their outlook on the market for newly-built single-family homes in August.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Will the Gap Close Between Supply and Demand?
The June residential building activity report from HUD and the Census Bureau found that permits and starts down over-the-year, which is preventing housing supply from keeping up with demand. Will that change in July's report?
Read More »Fed Action May Not Mean Higher Mortgage Rates
The average 30-year FRM has now been below 4 percent for 32 consecutive weeks, the second-longest string in history.
Read More »Taking Stock of Housing Affordability
Despite economic growth and a national unemployment rate below 5 percent, the typical U.S. family still faces significant trouble buying a home.
Read More »Here is Where Single-Family Homes Sell the Fastest
While the average number of days on the market for a single-family home ticked up from May to June nationwide, that number is shrinking in about a third of the states.
Read More »Freddie Mac: Opportunity Lies with 55+ Population
Why did Freddie Mac EVP of Single-Family Business Dave Lowman call the 55+ population "the next business opportunity"?
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