Industry pundits expect a recent antitrust settlement will usher in a new era of pricing competition in housing.
Read More »How Many Mortgage Holders Are Still Utilizing Forbearance?
As federal agencies continue to extend COVID-19-related options for struggling homeowners, forbearance activity is not changing significantly, according to analysts.
Read More »Number of Hispanic Homeowners Expected to Soar by 2040
It is the only racial or ethnic group that will experience an increased homeownership rate during this future phase, researchers forecast.
Read More »Factors That Defined Housing in 2020
This Chief Economist digs into data on credit standards, types of loans, 'staggering' home equity, delinquencies, and more.
Read More »Market Still at Risk of Future ‘Zombie’ Property Wave
These days, you can walk through most neighborhoods in the United States and not spot a single zombie foreclosure, but that trend is on "thin ice." Researchers explain.
Read More »Do New PSPA Limits Undermine Efforts to Combat Discrimination?
Researchers say recent changes made in the name of risk management limit access to mortgage credit and disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic borrowers.
Read More »FHFA Extensions Will Align COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Policies
The agency's extensions are available to GSE-backed borrowers who are in a COVID-19 forbearance plan as of the end of February.
Read More »The Industry Pulse: Hiring and Promotion News
Pittsburg-based Mortgage Connect LP, a national mortgage services provider for financial institutions, investors, servicers, and GSEs, announced the appointment of capital markets veteran Brian Frye to the role of EVP, Servicing and Capital Markets Strategy. The company tapped Frye in October ...
Read More »Where Property Taxes Are Lowest
Researchers found the residents of Hawaii pay the least for their property taxes, while across the map, the Garden State of New Jersey comes in at a rate nearly nine times as much.
Read More »Fed Chair: Developments Point to Improved Economic Outlook
Holding down interest rates and leveraging the central bank’s balance sheet to encourage asset purchases is the best way to ease labor market and broader economic challenges, Powell told Congress.
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