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A study has found that rising mortgage risk for first-time homebuyers helped them to overcome rising prices. What were the main drivers of this trend?

A dialogue with United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Benjamin Carson opened up the 2018 Five Star Government Forum in Washington D.C. Tuesday. Click through for full coverage from the event, which brings together leaders from both government and the housing industry.

As we get into the homebuying season, it’s time to look at some of the trends that began last year and are still defining 2018. The National Housing ...

The American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) International Center on Housing Risk has released a new installment of its National Housing Market Index (NHMI), examining the state of the market in the ...

Tax reform has been at the top of the agenda for both President Trump and Congressional Republicans in recent months. The Senate version of the tax bill passed ...

On Monday October 30th, American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) Co-director Edward Pinto and Senior Housing Analyst Tobias Peter will lead an update on the most recent National Mortgage Risk Index (NMRI).

According to the American Enterprise Institute’s International Center on Housing Risk, first-time buyer volume has jumped 18 percent since April of last year, totaling 98,000 first-time buyer loans for the entire month.

First-time buyer volume rose significantly in March 2016, driven by continued labor market improvements, riskier mortgage lending, and historically low mortgage rates.

Now that the effects from the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule have subsided significantly in the housing market, first-time buyer activity has resumed from the delays caused in the previous months.

Over five months after the implementation of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, first-time buyers are still enduring its consequences with closing delays on home purchases. See what analysts believe will happen after the TRID backlog subsides.