A group of industry stakeholders explains the potential benefits of uniform data standards for the mortgage servicing industry.
Read More »The Future of Financial Regulation
During a keynote presentation, Randal Quarles, Vice Chairman for Supervision at the Federal Reserve Board, explained the proposed changes to the Fed’s stress test.
Read More »Homeowners Face Fewer Financial Hardships
Renters are more likely to struggle with paying for basic needs than homeowners, according to new research.
Read More »Just How Much Credit Risk Are the GSEs Transferring?
An FHFA report crunched the numbers since the GSEs initiated their CRT programs in 2013, and here’s what it revealed.
Read More »Where Inventory’s Growing, And Where It Isn’t
The stubbornly tight housing supply that has persisted and exacerbated over the past four years has taken a slight turn.
Read More »The Work From Home Effect
As telecommuting frees employees up to live where they please, home prices in some formerly wallowing markets begin to climb.
Read More »A Comeback With A Twist
The RMBS market has picked up substantially over the past two years, but here’s how today’s transactions look a little different from those of the past.
Read More »Where is Single-family Rental Growing the Most?
The latest data on single-family rentals reveals a discrepancy in rental price growth among properties at different ends of the price spectrum. Click through to learn which type of properties are spurring growth in rental prices.
Read More »Loan Denial Rates and Credit Scores
An analysis of HMDA data found that even though the rate of mortgages made to minorities is rebounding, the loan denial rates for this group remain high. Can alternative forms of credit scoring help them become homeowners?
Read More »Fast-Track Foreclosures and Fighting Urban Blight
A nonprofit reviewed the laws on fast-track foreclosures that were passed by certain states in 2008 to determine their efficacy. Here’s what the study found.
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