As most housing markets across the country regain their pre-recession values, here’s why some markets are still struggling.
Read More »Nomura Settles RMBS Suit With DoJ
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.
Read More »Metros Hit Hard by Recession Now Booming
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.
Read More »Where are Homeowners Spending the Most on Their Mortgages
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.
Read More »How Do Non-prime Loans Help Underserved Borrowers?
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.
Read More »The Housing Market’s Long March to Recovery
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 ...
Read More »Home Values: On the Rise
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. ...
Read More »Fannie Mae CEO on the GSE’s Past & Future
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 ...
Read More »Are Servicing Reforms on the Horizon?
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.
Read More »Housing Bubble 2.0?
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 ...
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