Zillow Chief Economist Svenja Gudell discusses recent economic slowdowns and how they might affect the spring homebuying season in our latest installment of Ask the Economist.
Read More »Lawmakers Revisit Concern Over Potential Repeat of GSE Bailout
Will Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require another taxpayer-funded bailout as a result of their zero capital requirement?
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: Dealing with Declines in Default Inventory
Glen Rubin, managing partner with Rubin Lublin, LLC, discusses coping with the industry's ongoing drop in default-related volume.
Read More »Job Gains Weaken, But is the Labor News All Bad?
The labor market was the strong point of the U.S. economy in the last quarter of 2015. Job gains slowed in the first month of 2016, but other areas saw growth.
Read More »Contrasting Economic Metrics: GDP and Employment Growth
The number of jobs has been rising in the last two years while GDP growth has largely been a disappointment. What does this mean for the U.S. economy?
Read More »AACER: Downward Trend Continues for Bankruptcy Filings
How did bankruptcy filings in January 2016 stack up with Januarys of years past?
Read More »What’s Driving Down the Cash Sales Share?
Fewer and fewer buyers are paying all cash when they buy a house. What is the reason behind the decline?
Read More »Calling for Change: Cities Nationwide Protest Agency Distressed Loan Sales Practices
Elected officials and community leaders in cities all over the country are rallying to protest sales of non-performing mortgages to Wall Street investors. What is the proposed solution?
Read More »LenderLive Welcomes New Regional Account Executive
Domestic-based mortgage services provider LenderLive, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has announced the hiring of John Parrish as a regional account executive for the firm’s correspondent lending division.
Read More »SFR Vacancy, Turnover Rates Drop in Winter Months
Delinquency rate ticked up in half of the securitizations covered, but also remained low.
Read More »