Adel Issa of Carrington Mortgage Services explains how quality mortgage servicing is critical as the housing market shifts.
Read More »What’s Driving Relentless Storms Against the West Coast?
In a string of bad-luck situations, multiple atmospheric rivers and “bomb cyclones” have hit the West Coast, causing mudslides, flash flooding, and hurricane-force winds. Here’s what a new report reveals.
Read More »Inflation Slows in General, Yet Hotspots Remain
Click through to read more of Robert Wyllie’s thoughts as an Assistant Professor of Political Science, and the thoughts of five other notably placed people on the current inflationary environment. p
Read More »Fannie Mae: Housing Market May Be More Vulnerable Than Projected
With home sales having dropped sharply this past year, Fannie Mae experts discuss the impact of lowering mortgage rates and what factors drove purchase demand to increase. Here’s why the housing market is now "in a different phase of the economic and housing cycle.”
Read More »Ginnie Mae MBS Portfolio Grows to $2.280T at End of 2022
According to Ginnie Mae, December's new MBS issuance will support the financing of more than 107,000 households, including more than 49,000 first-time homebuyers.
Read More »Market Report: Charlotte is the Place to Be in ‘23
A new Zillow report forecasts Charlotte, North Carolina as 2023’s hottest market. Here’s what else their data reveals.
Read More »NY Gov Envisions 800k New Homes by 2033
New York Governor Kathy Hochul lays out a plan to build 800,000 more homes over the next decade.
Read More »Housing Market Continues to See Increase in Inventory
According to the Realtor.com Monthly Housing Trends Report for December, inventory closed out the year up by 55% but remains below historic levels.
Read More »HUD Judge Orders Texas Landlords to Pay Discrimination Damages
HUD has announced three Plano, Texas landlords will pay damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees totaling $140,649 for violating the Fair Housing Act after refusing to rent to a Black woman because of her race.
Read More »December Foreclosure Filings Double Year-Over-Year
Per an ATTOM report, foreclosure filings hit 324,237 in December 2022, up from 151,153 in December 2021. This pushed the foreclosure rate from 0.11% in December 2021 to 0.23% in December 2022.
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