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Potential first-time homebuyers are facing an uphill battle, and here is why.

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?

A data breach on HUD’s website resulted in the personal information of as many as 600,000 individuals temporarily being displayed publicly. How did HUD respond?

An increasingly larger share of single-family investment homes in the United States are owned by out-of-state investors, according to a recent analysis.

The uncertainty ahead for the political and regulatory landscape has not hurt Fannie Mae’s predictions for the economy and for housing both for the second half of 2016 and for 2017.

Credit Plus, Inc. announced it will offer Reps and Warranties coverage for its entire line of verification services, allowing lenders to protect their companies against loan defaults and repurchasing requests.

A push from first-time buyers reversed a two-month decline in existing-home sales in the previous report from the National Association of Realtors. Will first-time buyers drive existing-home sales again? The industry will find out this week when NAR releases the latest existing-home sales data.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed an en banc petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia over the court’s ruling last month that the Bureau’s structure is “unconstitutional” in the PHH Corp. lawsuit.

Will higher economic growth and inflation mean greater home price appreciation in 2017?