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Is having debt a good thing? A new study by LendingTree found a correlation between mortgage debt and life expectancy, as higher debt relative to income is linked to higher life expectancy.  “That trend reaffirms the idea that homeownership is ...

As a possible recession looms, the White House is weighing its options as to how best to protect the U.S. economy. How could this change, as well as other recent economic developments, impact the housing market?

Despite declines in other construction types, the number of single-family homes built-for-rent has held steady. Here's why many Americans are choosing to rent.

As California faces a housing crisis, California Governor Gavin Newsom is considering how to spend $331M from a settlement with mortgage lenders on legal aid for homeowners and renters.

A survey by the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) revealed that most of the surveyed economists believe a recession will begin by 2020 or 2021. “Survey respondents indicate that the expansion will be extended by the shift in monetary ...

In this Video Spotlight an expert economist discusses why housing market observers should ease their concern about an imminent housing market correction.

A study examined the FHA’s program for distressed assets and the ways in which it could be improved. Here’s what it recommended.

It has been a record-breaking past few years for wildfires across the nation. CoreLogic reports that in 2018 nearly 9 million acres were burned, and nine of the last 14 years have had the highest annual totals of burned acreage ...

A new report looks at what types of properties make up the largest chunk of both the single-family market and the rental market as a whole.

It has been more than a decade since the Great Recession and the Dodd-Frank regulations were handed down.  Following the 2018 midterms, Democrats in the House focused on protecting consumers, and the Republican-led Senate Banking Committee is simplifying rules that  ...