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What’s the fastest growing sector of the housing market? According to new research, the single-family rental market. See what this means for professionals in the industry ...

In a recent report by Freddie Mac, the relative influence of regulatory and geographic constraints on housing affordability was examined, discovering that the restrictive land use of cities and metropolitan areas have reduced affordability. According to the GSE's September Insights ...

Tuesday morning, Former Equifax CEO Richard E. Smith testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Smith served as the Chairman and CEO of Equifax for the last 12 years. He stepped down on September 25, in the ...

The housing market is no stranger to disaster—especially Hurricanes. But 2017 brought to light new challenges facing the industry: Hurricane Harvey, a record-breaking storm, and Hurricane Irma that followed barely a week later on the coat-tails of its predecessor. Editor’s Note: This article was originally featured in the October issue of DS News, available now.

Tuesday morning, Wells Fargo President and CEO Tim Sloan was in the hot seat at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs full committee hearing titled “Wells Fargo: One Year Later.” Despite calls for his stepping down, Sloan still has Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett in his corner.

Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to solve affordable housing issues, one of the biggest issues the state is now facing. But a recent report says despite those problems, two million Californians are living mortgage free.

Next month could bring new, recently-unseen trends to national delinquencies, according to a recent report. See what could be the cause, as well as other statistics here.

In an effort to better represent underserved communities, as well as support ongoing diversity initiatives in the mortgage industry, Freddie Mac has announced the opening of a Borrower Help Center in McComb, Mississippi, according to a recent post by Dwight ...

Dave Worrall, President of LoanCare sits down with DS News to talk about what's to come in servicing in 2018. See the exclusive interview here.

UBS Global recently released its 2017 Real Estate Bubble Index. The Index score is a weighted average of the following five standardized city sub-indices: price-to-income and price-to-rent (fundamental valuation), change in mortgage-to-GDP ratio, change in construction-to-GDP ratio (economic distortion), and ...