The national homeownership rate has been dropping and the future is not looking much brighter according to some housing insiders. But Freddie Mac says that these projections may not be telling the full story.
Read More »Where to Get The Most Bang for Your Investment Buck
HomeUnion compares the investment property values in 10 of the most sought-after markets for investors to determine where investors should be concentrating their capital.
Read More »Are Inner City Housing Markets Getting a Bad Rap?
During Sunday night’s debate, “inner cities” were described with words like “disaster” and “devastating.” But according to Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson, the picture may not be as bleak as some suggest.
Read More »First Sale of Reperforming Loans Announced by Fannie Mae
The GSEs have been selling pools of non-performing loans for years. But this week, Fannie Mae began marketing its first sale of reperforming loans to interested purchasers.
Read More »Building Partnerships in Property Preservation
Randy Cecil, President and CFO of Truly Noble Services, speaks with DS News to discuss the hand and hand roles that property preservation and agents and brokers play when it comes to asset management.
Read More »The Housing Industry’s Response When Disaster Strikes
How does the housing industry respond to residential property damage from natural disasters after the storm has come and gone?
Read More »Fitch: Market Dictates Varied Staffing Levels among Servicers
U.S. bank mortgage servicers have cut servicing staff by nearly half in two years. What factors lead to this decline and why aren't non-banks experiencing the same trend?
Read More »State Spotlight: Foreclosures on the Rise in Oklahoma
The recent spike in earthquake activity in Oklahoma maybe a contributing factor to the uncharacteristic increase in foreclosure activity seen during the same time period.
Read More »Eight Years and Counting: Exploring the Conservatorship of the GSEs
September marked the eight-year anniversary of the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Since that intervention, controversy regarding reformation has circled the entities.
Read More »The Week Ahead – Will Foreclosures Take Another Dive?
The national foreclosure rate in July was back to where it was in August 2007, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Will August’s foreclosure and delinquency rate take another dive down in the upcoming foreclosure report?
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