...homes in many communities has not kept pace. The result: a rental affordability crisis with rising rents consuming increasingly larger shares of household incomes. According to Harvard‘s Joint Center for...

...access and affordability for homeownership and rental housing Maintaining the Federal Housing Finance Agency as the new corporation’s regulator "These key structural elements ensure a well-functioning mortgage market by more...

...including greater affordability, an uptick in sales, a refinance boom, among other factors. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showed that for the week ending April 7, 2016, the...

...price appreciation has caused some concerns as far as affordability in the housing market, according to Fannie Mae chief economist Doug Duncan. “On the housing front, builders continue to hire...

Rising home prices, home appreciation, favorable affordability, and excellent economic and demographic conditions have set the stage for the top single-family housing markets in the U.S for investors. Using current...

Mortgage affordability has remained mostly favorable, causing demand for homes in the market to rise at a rapid pace but supply remains at a disadvantage. In addition to affordability factors,...

...to converge potentially toward a more homogenous pattern of growth,” Villacorta said. “Although this drop in performance for the low price tier may indicate a more sustainable model of affordability...

...the next three years. A report from independent economic research company, Capital Economics, says affordability will not halt market recovery. "While tight mortgage lending standards will prevent a surge of...

...mortgage insurers enter into the market and are competitive players along with the three members who were formerly in the industry. We also continue to operate in the affordability space...

...affordability." Source: Freddie Mac Kiefer continued, "In the top 100 metro areas MiMi tracks, Los Angeles and Honolulu have elevated payment-to-income indicators and Miami, FL, is very close to elevated....