A recent report found that the gap between homeowner perceptions of their home’s value and appraisal values was less than half a percent. Here are the factors that are bridging the value perception gap.
Read More »The Plight of Vacation Home Values
While the rest of the housing market cruises along, vacation home markets are still trying to get back to the values they had before the crash, according to a report. What’s keeping this market from booming?
Read More »Consumers Increasingly Uncertain Over Home Prices
Even as access to credit gets easier, homebuyers and owners remain uncertain over the trend of growing home prices, according to a report by the New York Fed. What other indicators have consumers worried?
Read More »Affordable Housing vs. GSE Reform
In light of proposed housing finance reforms, a study looked at the effectiveness of measures in place regarding the fee paid by the GSEs to HUD and The Treasury towards raising funds for affordable housing and here’s what it found.
Read More »What are Overvalued Housing Markets Actually Indicating?
Watch this video on the correlation between rising home prices and cities where markets are overvalued to learn if the trend could have larger implications on the housing market.
Read More »Listed Homes this Summer: Now you See Them …
The peak homebuying season is hitting a high, marked by quick listing turnaround according to a report. Click through to learn just how fast listed homes are flying off the market.
Read More »Equifax Introduces New Indicator to Reduce Friction in Lending
Equifax's Work Number indicator is an alert that can reduce lending friction for consumers and lenders with income and employment information available early in the process.
Read More »The Hottest Housing Market in America is …
Move over California cities, there’s a new city that’s taking over the mantle of being the hottest housing market in the nation. Which one is it? Hint: You don’t mess with the state it is in.
Read More »Homebuyer Confidence Wanes
Consumer sentiment on buying and selling a home is diverging as rising home prices made homebuyers wary about purchasing a home according to a Fannie Mae survey. Is this trend here to stay?
Read More »Slaying the C-level Diversity Myth
Creating diversity at the corporate level starts with letting go of old habits and installing new procedures that will create lasting change. Editor's note: This feature originally appeared in the June issue of MReport, out now.
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