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As for the growing sentiment in the mortgage industry that millennials are not interested in homeownership, the survey results seem to indicate the contrary.
Read More »Foreclosure Rate Falls to New Post-Crisis Low
Need further proof that the housing crisis is over? CoreLogic’s April 2016 National Foreclosure Report provides it.
Read More »Consumers Positive Despite Weak Employment Data
The BLS employment situation for May did not bring good news. But one would never know that by looking at a survey of consumer expectations from the New York Fed.
Read More »First-Time Foreclosure Starts are Stalling
Foreclosure starts have always been a volatile metric, having experienced many ups and downs over the last few years. But in April, they fell to levels not seen for a long, long time.
Read More »Higher Education Not Leading to Homeownership
Why are millennials not becoming homeowners as quickly as some analysts expected they would? There are different theories.
Read More »Why Has the CFPB Amped Up Its Online Ad Spending?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has nearly doubled its spending on advertising since last year.
Read More »Deciding Where to Invest in the SFR Market
Rents are elevated in some markets and low in others. How does an investor decide in which markets to invest?
Read More »The Week Ahead: The Perpetual Foreclosure Free-Fall
Foreclosure- and default-related metrics have experienced lengthy, steady declines over the last six years since peaking in 2010 at the depth of the crisis. One measure remains elevated, however.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Changes to the FDCPA Landscape
Lauren Thurmond, partner with Hutchens Law Firm, spoke with DS News about a recent appeals court ruling on a case involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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