The lack of affordable homes is now firmly seated as the top reason holding potential buyers back from entering the housing market, according to a new study from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This finding comes to us from ...
Read More »Preserving the Property Preservation Space
Kerry Medel of Brookstone Management discusses the impact of the pandemic on field servicing, and how the industry not only kept people in their homes but also put more people in homes.
Read More »Florida Metros Among Fastest-Growing Rental Markets
According to the latest Monthly Rental Report from Realtor.com, rental prices grew nationwide by nearly 20% from March 2020 to 2022 during the pandemic. Two-year rental trends indicate some redistribution of higher rents across the 50 largest markets during COVID, ...
Read More »Homeowners Paid a Collective $328B in Property Taxes in 2021
Property taxes are a given for most people in the country, and as with everything else, increases happen every year. To quote Benjamin Franklin, “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” According to ATTOM Data’s 2021 Property Tax Analysis, single-family ...
Read More »Freddie Mac Recognizes 2021’s Home Possible RISE Award Winners
GSE honors national and local lenders committed to the Home Possible affordable lending solution for very low- to low-income homebuyers, making homeownership a reality.
Read More »HUD Provides Framework to Advance Housing Equity Nationwide
The Department’s new Equity Action Plan outlines its commitment to bringing equity to the forefront within the Biden Administration by reducing the racial homeownership gap.
Read More »RMBS Modifications and Repayments Increase Post-Forbearance
As pandemic forbearance plans continue to expire, borrowers are continuing to choose loan modifications and other repayment options going forward. According to Fitch Ratings’ fourth-quarter 2021 Residential Mortgage Backed Servicer Metric Report, servicers reported a decline in loan modifications from ...
Read More »Large Share of Buyers Migrating From Seattle to Phoenix
According to a new report from Redfin, a record 32.3% of its users nationwide looked to move to a different metro area in Q1 — up from 31.5% a year earlier, and up significantly from 26% in 2019. The share ...
Read More »Ginnie Mae MBS Issuance Drops to $51.18B in March
More than 189,000 homes and apartment units nationwide were financed by Ginnie Mae to close out Q1 of 2022.
Read More »Survey: Majority of Potential Sellers Plan to List by Summer’s End
As part of “Listapalooza,” Realtor.com has released a slew of new data showing that potential sellers should think about preparing their home to sell now, during the time leading up to the traditional market frenzy that occurs starting in late ...
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