...Denver have led the country out of the bust and are doing very well – in many cases now dealing with an affordability crisis – plenty of markets continue to...
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Lenders Get Bearish on Profit Margins
...for GSE-eligible and government loans are less than half the peak shares reached at the end of last year. This may suggest the realization among lenders that combatting declining affordability...
Read More »Where Buyers Feel the Heaviest Mortgage Burden
...home values have recovered, between 2017 and 2018, interest rates have outpaced the rate of home appreciation, eating into affordability. The increased mortgage rates have been especially detrimental to affordability...
Read More »What Is Impacting Homebuyer Sentiment?
...while perceptions of income growth and confidence about job security are at survey highs. After years of robust home price growth outpacing income growth, consumers face significant housing affordability challenges...
Read More »Mortgage Rates See an Uptick
...outrunning rising inflation and incomes.” “This weakening in affordability is hindering many interested buyers this fall, even as the robust economy brings them into the market. The good news is...
Read More »Financial Services Committee Discusses GSE Reform
...move past an increasingly dangerous status quo: codify an explicit government MBS guarantee into law, coupled with an accountable and effective affordability program in exchange for placing the taxpayer in...
Read More »Where Can Buyers Get the Most for Their Money?
...terms of affordability and overall quality. WalletHub ranks Frisco, Texas at number one in its findings in both the small cities category and overall, due to its highest quality “Affordability...
Read More »Single-family Rentals and the Housing Market
...the Enterprises.” According to a statement by Freddie Mac to DS News, they had made a conscious decision to focus on affordability and mid-sized entities. "As a result, nearly 90...
Read More »To Own or to Rent: The Question Troubling Homebuyers
...percent of people live in a county where the median income family can afford to buy a home at the median list price, and affordability declined significantly over the past...
Read More »Home Prices Are Rising Slowly But Steadily
...rose from 4% to 4.5% since January – and the rise in home prices are affecting housing affordability.” Las Vegas saw the greatest price increase in the country, up 13...
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