Single-family homes that are built and held for rental purposes have risen significantly over the last year, but caution must be taken when looking at trends within this market as starts are still disappointing.
Read More »Real Estate Appraisers Diminish In a Starved Market
Real estate appraisers are quietly disappearing in the mortgage industry as less young careerists are opting to enter this field, which could in turn, pose serious risks for both lenders and consumers such as added costs and lengthy real estate delivery times.
Read More »Housing Market Strength is the Key to Robust Economy
Commentary is an ongoing series on theMReport.com that focuses on opinions, ideas, and insights from experts across mortgage banking. Recovery in the housing market is said to be the key to a robust economic in America. Lou Giserman of The Collingwood Group discusses how continuing improvement in the housing market, which has yet to fully recover from the recession, is giving the economy a much-needed boost.
Read More »New York Fed President Applauds Housing Market Progress
In an address about the economic outlook in the United States and monetary policy at the Economic Club of New York this week, New York Fed President and CEO Bill Dudley praised the progress housing has made during the economic recovery but refused to offer his views on whether the Fed would raise the short-term interest rate in December.
Read More »Charting the Course
The stormy days of the housing meltdown may have passed, but is it all calm waters ahead? The industry’s top economists foresee some unpredictable tides as 2016 approaches. Editor's note: This select print feature appears in the November 2015 edition of MReport magazine, available now.
Read More »Consumer Economic & Housing Expectations a Mixed Bag, Survey Shows
While consumers anticipate a better labor market to come, they were mixed about inflation, depending on how deeply into the crystal ball they look, the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed.
Read More »October Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations & May Nudge Fed to Raise Rates
October’s healthy job gains of 271,000 reported in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) October 2015 Employment Summary released Friday make a December liftoff by the Fed an extremely likely possibility.
Read More »Homeownership Progress Declines in 2014, Index Shows
Homeownership may have declined in 2014, but there are other trends and factors such as marriage and children, education, demographics, and lifestyle that influence how consumers operate in the market.
Read More »Home Price Increases Causing Some Markets Become Overvalued
Home prices are showing no signs of slowing down, which continues to prove the housing market's health. However, the rise in prices are causing some markets to become overvalued.
Read More »GDP Growth Slows in Q3, But Forecast to Have “Neutral Effect” on Housing
National gross-domestic product growth increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the third quarter "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, down drastically from the last quarter when the GDP rose to a healthy 3.9 percent.
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