A study suggests policymakers and housing advocates should aim to not only prevent evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness, but also to put safeguards in place to better protect people from the next housing crisis.
Read More »Are 2020’s Housing Market Trends Here to Stay?
Researchers determined the top-three most relevant real estate propensities to emerge during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and predict which patterns will stick in the long term.
Read More »The Increasing Popularity of Virtual Home Tours
“Live-video home tours have gone from futuristic fantasy to an everyday part of the homebuying process,” according to real estate experts.
Read More »Out-of-State Relocations for Retirees at Five-Year High
Nearly 400,000 American retirees moved their residences during 2020, the highest number in five years. According to a data study by the moving services website HigherAHelper.com analyzing the latest U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, the number of relocating retirees ...
Read More »Fitch Ratings on Servicer Performance: ‘It Showed Resilience’
Bank servicers experienced a modest decline of about 6% in active forbearance agreements as a percentage of all loss mitigation plans while non-bank servicers reported a decline of about 10%—that's one takeaway from the Q3 U.S. RMBS Servicer Metric Report ...
Read More »How Are Mortgage Delinquency Rates Changing?
Overall delinquency rates were highest in Hawaii and Nevada. Click through to learn how else the industry landscape has changed according to the latest CoreLogic data.
Read More »What Will Housing Trends Look Like After COVID-19 Vaccines?
Expect the housing market in 2021 to "settle somewhere in between where we were before COVID and where we were during COVID," says Danielle Hale, Chief Economist for Realtor.com's recent article entitled, "How the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Help, ...
Read More »More Americans Turning Toward Rural Residential Living
A new Gallup poll shows an increase in Americans desiring to set up home in the country rather than suburbs or cities. Here’s how the data breaks down.
Read More »How the Pandemic Impacted Interest in SFR Investing
All manner of the economy and industry has changed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. A January article in Architectural Digest explores how the pandemic inadvertently has prompted an increasing interest in single-family rental investing. Interest rates in 2020 ...
Read More »HECM Volume Up 37.5% in 2020
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements were up 15.1% year-over-year in December to 4,097 loans, according to new data from Reverse Market Insight. For calendar year 2020, HECM volume recorded an annualized increase of 37.5% to 44,661 loans. Eight of ...
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