Tag Archives: Great Recession

As most housing markets across the country regain their pre-recession values, here’s why some markets are still struggling.

Nomura, the Tokyo-based bank, is the last in a string of financial institutions to settle with the Department of Justice for fraudulent activities involving selling mortgage-backed securities leading up to the Great Recession of 2008.

A home value forecast for October shows the 10 metro areas with the hottest real estate markets in the U.S. today, and a key state hit hard by the Recession has seen a remarkable turn-around.

As homeowners across the country spend a bigger chunk of their income on mortgage payments, some of the hottest housing markets in the country are impacting the pockets of their residents more than others.

Rick Sharga, EVP, Carrington Holdings explains the key difference between the subprime loans issued prior to the Great Recession that led to defaults and today’s non-prime loan products that are unlocking homeownership potential for underserved borrowers.

Between December 2007 and June 2009, U.S. households lost over $16 trillion in net worth. That’s one of the stark figures that opens CoreLogic’s new special report entitled “Evaluating the Housing Market Since the Great Recession.” The report tracks the ...

The housing market has been growing at a consistent pace, but it will take another five years for it to emerge from the shadow of the Great Recession, according to experts surveyed by Zillow in its Home Price Expectations Survey. ...

It’s been a decade since the housing bubble collapsed, sending shockwaves through the mortgage industry and creating economic impacts that are still being felt throughout the nation to varying degrees. In its December 2017 issue, DS News spoke to several ...

With housing finance reform legislation once again in the works in Congress, now might be the right time for reforms in the mortgage servicing industry. The first in this three-part series of reports makes a case for the government to review and mitigate the risks associated with inefficient mortgage servicing.

Editor's note: This story was originally featured in the December issue of DS News, out now.  In 2008, the economy experienced the historical fall of the housing market and the resulting financial crisis—an epic phenomenon that some feared would grow ...