A recent study found that financial stress is causing many Americans to lose sleep. How many of those surveyed cited the cost of housing as a primary source of stress?
Read More »Five Minutes With: LoanCare’s Dave Worrall
Dave Worrall, President of LoanCare, talks about lessons learned during the housing crisis, as well as how the servicing landscape has changed over the past decade. Editor’s note: this piece originally appeared in the June issue of DS News.
Read More »Senior Housing Wealth Hits $7.14T
A recent report reveals that seniors aged 62 and older have seen their housing wealth hit record highs. Find out what is driving the increase.
Read More »Stanford University Offers $3.4B to Affordable Housing
Stanford, located in one of the most expensive areas of the country, intends to address some of the affordability problems residents face. Here's how.
Read More »Harvard: Affordability and Homeownership Back on Track
Household growth has returned to a normal pace, according to the State of the Nation’s Housing report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Read More »Ben Carson Named Affordable Housing Council Chair
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing, and named Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson as its chairperson.
Read More »CFPB Discusses Dodd-Frank and Abuse
During this week's symposium from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, experts discussed unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices, and the uncertainty surrounding abuse.
Read More »Gauging Investor Opinion
As interest in real estate investment increases, a recent survey examines investor sentiment, and takes a look at how close investors believe we are to a recession.
Read More »Studying Home-Price Growth
Home price gains fell in the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (HPI), with April’s gain coming in at 3.5%, a drop from 3.7% the month prior. April’s report is the 13th consecutive month of slowing home-price growth, which ...
Read More »Are Fannie and Freddie “Systemically Important”?
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “Should Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be Designated as Systemically Important Financial Institutions?” Here's what the expert witnesses discussed.
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