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Reporting a 13.4% year-over-year increase, a new study detailing the nation’s single-family rental market has found the industrial Midwest region driving market activity, with low rental prices and a rise in listings.

The past 24-plus months have confronted the mortgage and servicing industries with challenges both daunting and immediate. DS News polled a cross-section of industry experts on what they’ve learned and where we go from here.

Credit bureau TransUnion has released its second quarter Credit Industry Insights Report which highlighted how the number of consumers with credit cards and personal loans has reached record highs, driven by an increase in loans to non-prime consumers.  “Consumers are ...

The average price per square foot of a home hit a new record in July as a new study revealed that these prices have increased 310% since 1980.  According to Home Bay, a California-based real estate brokerage, the increase in the ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it will provide approximately $2.8 billion in competitive funding to homeless services organizations across the country for supportive services and housing programs for people experiencing homelessness. The funding ...

Redfin reports homebuyers are relocating to climate risky areas, despite intensifying natural disasters, as homes with high fire and flood risk sold for a premium during the pandemic.

As inflation rises, more families and businesses are tightening their budgets and taking cost-cutting measures to create a little more breathing room—and according to the latest survey, this includes mortgage lenders.  Continuing a quarterly survey of mortgage executives that initially ...

Visio Lending CEO Jeff Ball reflects on some of the top innovations the single-family rental marketplace has experienced in recent years, as well as what lies beyond.

Potential is defined as the latent ability for a thing to develop into something bigger in the future. Currently, the housing market is trying to find a new “post-pandemic norm” amid an environment of rising interest rates, record-high inflation, and ...

With the GSE closing on these latest deals, Fannie Mae has acquired approximately $21 billion of insurance coverage on $709 billion of single-family loans through its CIRT program to date.