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Some towns with four-year colleges that are off the beaten path are ripe for real estate investment as room and board prices soar. Here’s a short list of markets poised to explode.

"It's clear that increased housing inventory and better interest rates are essential to revive the housing market," said NAR Chief Economist Yun. Click through for more on NAR’s August Pending Home Sales report.

Three new appointees and three return to the committee that advises HUD on manufactured housing production, regulations, and administration of the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act.

"The higher interest rate environment had profound effects on the mortgage market in 2022, with borrowers paying much more in monthly payments,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. Click through to read more on the CFPB’s analysis of 2022 HMDA data.

HUD has issued several grants geared toward research to address disparities in access to mortgage financing and homeownership for borrowers of color and other underserved groups.

The OCC has issued its findings on the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during Q2, as 97.3% of mortgages were found current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared to 97.6% in Q1.

U.S. housing supply jumped to 7.8 months at the current sales rate in August, the highest measure recorded since March 2023, as the inventory of completed homes for sale continued to climb, hitting its highest level since April 2020.

Redfin reports that a record share of homebuyers nationwide are relocating to areas facing increasing climate risks, including metros that are often faced with extreme wind/hurricane risk and flooding.

A new Redfin report found that increased housing costs, short supply, and return-to-office mandates have factored into a decline in the demand for vacation homes and investment properties nationwide.

Proposals are being considered by the Bureau to help end coercive debt collection tactics, clean up inaccurate data, and improve credit score predictiveness by erasing medical bills from Americans’ credit reports.