NAR reports that pending home sales nationwide rose in June, increasing in the Northeast and Midwest, while the South and West reported declines for the month.
Read More »Banking Regulators Seek Comment on Rules to Strengthen Capital Requirements
The OCC, Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and FDIC have jointly issued a proposal to modify large bank capital requirements to better reflect underlying risks, and increase the consistency of how banks measure their risks.
Read More »Relocating Homebuyers Targeting Sin City
In a study on Q2 migration nationwide, Redfin reports the typical Las Vegas home costs less than half as much as one in Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle.
Read More »J.D. Power Study Ranks Mortgage Servicers for Best Customer Experience
Rebranding their U.S. Primary Mortgage Servicer Satisfaction Study to the U.S. Mortgage Servicer Satisfaction Study, J.D. Power surveyed over 11,000 people about their interactions with and trust in their mortgage servicers.
Read More »These States Topped Overall Mortgage Delinquency Rates as National Rate Declines
After the addition of nearly four million jobs nationwide in the last year, CoreLogic reports that a solid job market continues to help borrowers pay their mortgages on time, pushing the overall mortgage delinquency rate to a historic low in May.
Read More »Luxury Home Sale Prices Hit Record $1.2M Average in Q2
Redfin reports the median sale price of luxury homes rose 4.6% year-over-year in Q2, with prices being propped up by a lack of supply, which is fueling competition in many markets nationwide.
Read More »Fed Raises Rates by 25 Basis Points to 22-Year High
The Federal Reserve once again raised the interest rates at its Federal Open Market Committee meeting Wednesday, reaching levels last seen in 2001.
Read More »May’s Case-Shiller Index Echoes April’s Numbers
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index found additional gains in May—the latest data made available by the report—as the top-20 major metropolitan markets reported month-over-month price increases for the third consecutive month.
Read More »Capitol Hill Examines Volatile Weather Events and Financial Risk
During a recent House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy meeting, Greg Coleman of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency noted that “the OCC’s role is to ensure that national banks and federal savings associations understand their climate-related financial risks and develop comprehensive risk management frameworks and capabilities to identify, measure, monitor and control those risks.”
Read More »Wildfire Impacts on California Property Values
Properties in California in high probability areas for wildfires experienced much slower appreciation than other properties in safer areas.
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