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A rise in mortgage rates over the past year and inflationary concerns have constrained the purchasing power of prospective buyers, resulting in home price declines of the past two quarters.

The Department has issued a new round of funding to protect children, families, and individuals from exposure to lead and other hazards in their homes.

In a string of bad-luck situations, multiple atmospheric rivers and “bomb cyclones” have hit the West Coast, causing mudslides, flash flooding, and hurricane-force winds. Here’s what a new report reveals.

With home sales having dropped sharply this past year, Fannie Mae experts discuss the impact of lowering mortgage rates and what factors drove purchase demand to increase. Here’s why the housing market is now "in a different phase of the economic and housing cycle.”

According to Ginnie Mae, December's new MBS issuance will support the financing of more than 107,000 households, including more than 49,000 first-time homebuyers.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul lays out a plan to build 800,000 more homes over the next decade.

HUD has announced three Plano, Texas landlords will pay damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees totaling $140,649 for violating the Fair Housing Act after refusing to rent to a Black woman because of her race.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a new process for homeowners to review their appraisals if they feel the results have been unfairly biased.

The new proposed rule would require nonbank financial companies to register their use of contract terms and fine print that seek to waive or limit consumer rights and legal protections.

A new blog post by First American Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi lays out three possible scenarios for the housing market in 2023.