Here is a break-down of what the foreclosure rates look like in the top ten states for foreclosures in Q2.
Read More »Ask the Economist: Housing Industry Post Election
Amy Crews Cutts speaks with DS News about what she foresees for the future of the housing market post the 2016 presidential election.
Read More »Lenders Find New Strengths In Shared Households
Americans have been creating shared households in which parents, children, grandparents, or other extended family live together in a home and contribute to rent or mortgage, and extended income households have particular strengths that can be important to lenders.
Read More »Morgan Stanley Begins to Fulfill RMBS Settlement Debt
Under a settlement with federal and state regulators in connection with mortgage-backed securities practices, Morgan Stanley has begun to fulfill its consumer relief obligations.
Read More »Do Demographics Play a Role in the Current Homeownership Rates?
After half a decade from the bottom of the housing bust, the U.S. homeownership rate still remains stuck at a current 50-year low and a look at the demographics of those Americans that do own homes today, and those that do not, and compares the data to that of past decades may be useful in understanding this phenomenon.
Read More »DS News Webcast: Wednesday 8/10/2016
Metro areas that experienced more foreclosures during the housing bust have seen a larger increase in the share of single-family homes that are rented, according to a recent report from Zillow. The increase in the share of single-family homes that ...
Read More »Foreclosure Prevention Activities Drop Further in May
The number of foreclosure prevention activities completed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has continued to decrease as the number of nationwide foreclosures continues its decline since reaching peak levels in 2009 and 2010.
Read More »Non-Bank Servicers Fall Short For Q2
Continuing an unfortunate trend for non-bank mortgage servicers in the second quarter of 2016, Walter Investment Management reported a net loss for the three-month period ending June 30, 2016.
Read More »Housing Bust Foreclosures Drove Up SFR for Metro Areas
Metro areas that experienced more foreclosures during the housing bust have seen a larger increase in the share of single-family homes that are rented.
Read More »Trump’s Moratorium Could Spell Changes to the Housing Market
In Donald Trump’s recent speech at the Detroit Economic Club, Trump called for a temporary moratorium on new financial regulations. According to Collingwood Group, this could mean a boom to the housing and mortgage markets.
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