Tag Archives: Home Equity

ATTOM's latest Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report showed purchase lending led the way in Q2, spiking nearly 30%, while overall refinance and home equity activity also rose after eight straight quarterly declines.

First quarter home equity decreased by 0.7% year-over-year, the first such decline since early 2012. Click through for more.

Spurred by rising unemployment, ATTOM has found that U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 22% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2023.

According to new ATTOM data, 16 times as many mortgages are equity rich versus seriously underwater.

After more than a decade of overheated growth, the rapid increase in mortgage rates helped stall progress in the U.S. housing market in 2022.

New Black Knight data takes a look at "the largest quarterly decline [in newly acquired equity] on record by dollar value and the largest since 2009 on a percentage basis.”

"Even though home price appreciation has slowed down dramatically in recent months, homeowners have continued to build equity," said Rick Sharga, EVP of Market Intelligence at ATTOM.

As housing affordability continues its decline, the latest analysis from First American projects home price appreciation to fall further as the booming sellers’ market seen in early 2022 has now turned in favor of homebuyers.

Home equity hit a new high in the second quarter according to CoreLogic, as homeowners with mortgages gained a collective $3.6 billion year-over-year over the course of a single quarter.  According to CoreLogic’s Homeowner Equity Report, homeowners with mortgages (which ...

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 ...