New reports show that home prices in some markets fared better than others. Here’s why.
Read More »HUD’s Carson on Mission to Empower
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.
Read More »Mortgage Bankers and Government Leaders Converge in D.C.
Housing and housing finance reforms, especially for the underserved are on top of the agenda at the ninth annual Five Star Government Forum on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. ...
Read More »How Language Impacts Homeownership
Can a person’s language preference keep them from achieving the American Dream of owning a home? According to a study by the Urban Institute, the answer is yes. ...
Read More »Housing in The Mountain Region is Heating up
Home prices in the Mountain region saw a 10 percent year over year rise between January 2017 and January 2018 according to the latest Home Price Index data ...
Read More »Promoting and Protecting Homeownership
It’s been a decade since the housing crisis of 2008. As the present administration looks at rolling back some of the more stringent regulations that were introduced during ...
Read More »Mortgage Rates, Home Prices on the Upswing
On Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency released its latest FHFA Index, showing interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages on the rise between December 2017 and January 2018. ...
Read More »Treasury Doubling Down on Financial Crisis Mistakes?
Former White House Counsel and Senior Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute Peter J. Wallison put in an appearance Thursday on CNBC’s The Santelli Exchange, ...
Read More »Lower Mortgage Rates in November Increase Refis
Refinances by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased in December 2017, according to the Fourth Quarter Refinance Report released by the Federal Housing ...
Read More »FHFA’s 2018 Goals: Liquidity, Stability, Access in Housing Finance
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its strategic four-year plan from 2018 to 2022 reflecting the agency’s priorities as the regulator of the Federal Home Loan Banks ...
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