After hosting a virtual version of the long-running event in 2020, this year Five Star Conference will return for an in-person conference in Dallas in September.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Positive Trends Signal Drop in Forbearances
As the nation continues to shake the dust off from the pandemic, more homeowners are moving out of forbearance plans and returning to economic stability.
Read More »FHFA Paper Challenges Assumptions About 2008 Financial Crisis
This working document's expanded dataset reportedly gives researchers and policymakers more complete historical information of mortgage risk than ever before.
Read More »Why Homeowners Aren’t Selling in This ‘Super Sellers’ Market
Existing-home sales remain elevated thanks to low rates and an improving economy, but are limited due to ever-shrinking inventory.
Read More »Finding Opportunity in Opportunity Zones
The national housing boom spurred an uptick in home prices in two-thirds of Congressionally-mandated Opportunity Zones.
Read More »Servicers and Regulators Map Out Post-Moratoria Framework
A recent Legal League 100 Spring Servicer Summit examined the journey servicers and regulators will be embarking on when the foreclosure moratoria are lifted.
Read More »House Passes Measure to Assist the Underbanked
New bill calls for the CFPB to remove the obstacles to accessible banking resources and in underserved communities.
Read More »A Pandemic-Era Milestone, Delinquencies Dip Below 5%
Following a significant decline of almost a full percentage point in March, April's 7.11% dip in mortgage delinquencies might seem a lesser event, but the data analysts at Black Knight say it's a big deal because it pulled down the ...
Read More »A Look at Home Values in Communities of Color
Home prices nationwide have rapidly accelerated over the past year, and in communities of color, price appreciation is even more intense. That's according to a Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) analysis of Zillow's latest data. Those same analysts found ...
Read More »First Mortgage Default Rates Slide in April
The economy is making progress and mortgage default rates are improving as an increasing number of homeowners exit forbearance plans.
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