A new study has found that more are factoring natural disasters in their decision-making process when it comes to moving.
Read More »Housing Market Drops, Still Up 5% Year Over Year
First American Financial Corporation released their proprietary Potential Home Sales Model for December 2021. The Potential Home Sales Model measures what the healthy market level of home sales should be based on economic, demographic, and housing market fundamentals. “In December 2021, housing market ...
Read More »Consigliera Founder Named Sagent Chief Product Officer
Mortgage veteran and former DS News Editorial Advisory Board member Courtney Thompson to help deliver consumer simplicity without compromising depth for servicers while leading and expanding product development.
Read More »Senior Home Equity Boomed in Q3
Senior citizens are in a great position in the real estate market at the moment as the latest research shows that their housing wealth grew $396.1 billion to $10.1 trillion during the third quarter of 2021, largely mirroring the meteoric growth seen by the market as a whole. The data for this comes from the latest ...
Read More »Forbearance Exits Continue to Rise
The number of homeowners in forbearance plans fell further in December, as the MBA estimates that just 705,000 U.S. homeowners are currently in some stage of forbearance.
Read More »Investor Impact: Record Rent Price Growth for Single-Family Homes
CoreLogic released its latest Single-Family Rent Index, which analyzes single-family rent price changes nationally and across major metro areas. November 2021 data shows a national rent increase of 11.5% year over year, up 3.8% from November 2020. Annual rent price growth ...
Read More »Inventory Shortages Continue Fueling Intense Housing Market Competition
Salt Lake City and Tucson were among the list of populous cities that have the highest levels of housing market competition.
Read More »The Shortest Distance to Home
New research examines the regions where factors are most conducive to would-be homeowners assembling a down payment in the timeliest manner.
Read More »White Paper Examines Abandoned Property Law, State-by-State
A new white paper from Legal League 100’s Special Initiatives Working Group brings clarity to determining whether or not a property is deemed abandoned.
Read More »Ginnie Mae Issuance Volume Exceeds $66 Billion in December
More than 242,000 homes and apartment units were financed by Ginnie Mae guaranteed MBS in December nationwide, as the the Fed continues working to shrink the agency’s balance sheet.
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