Home prices continued to appreciate in the second quarter of 2022, with the average home appreciating at an annual rate of 19%.
Read More »HUD Makes $10.4M Available to Veterans to Rehab Aging Homes
The Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Marcia L. Fudge and Denis McDonough have made a joint announcement about the availability of $10.4 million of new money ...
Read More »Misconceptions That Keep Potential Homeowners Out of the Market
More than 40% of those who have never owned a home, primarily renters, still believe that a 20% down payment is required to own a home.
Read More »Mortgage Delinquency Update: The Weight of Competing Economic Factors
CoreLogic, a property information and analytics company, has released the latest iteration of its Loan Performance Insights Report which found that for the month of April 20222 2.9% of all mortgages were in some stage of delinquency, defined as being ...
Read More »Non-Performing GSE Loans Totaled $29B as of Year-End
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released its latest report on the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Government Sponsored Enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs). The latest edition of the Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report includes ...
Read More »Study Suggests Negative Effects of Decoupling Commissions
A new study, commissioned by HomeServices of America, outlines how changes to how real estate agent commissions are paid could negatively impact minority, first-time, and low-income homebuyers.
Read More »Veros Heavily Revises Appreciation Forecasts
Releasing the second-quarter results of its VeroFORECAST, Veros Real Estate Solutions, an enterprise risk management and collateral valuation service company, predicts that home prices will appreciate on average 4.5% over the next 12 months. This forecasted number, while still showing signs ...
Read More »On the Pandemic and Affordability
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University provides a glimpse into affordability challenges and the number of cost-burdened households, using newly released data from the Census Bureau.
Read More »As Boomers Age Out, How Will Housing Inventory Be Impacted?
With the oldest generation gradually aging out of their homes, will the inventory freed up provide relief for younger generations searching for their own path to homeownership?
Read More »Q1 Mortgage Performance Makes Strides
New data from the first quarter continues to roll in as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported that the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system improved during the first quarter of 2022 by ...
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