Tag Archives: HOUSING

A new study from UC Berkeley shows how badly California has been financially impacted by COVID-19, with an extra burden impacting minorities.

In a year of challenges, it’s all the more important to recognize excellence. One way we do this at MReport is our annual September Women in Housing issue. Packed with content driven by female mortgage leaders, within this edition we also announced the 2020 Keystone Award finalists.

This year’s award recipient was revealed at the Five Star Virtual Conference. Click through to see which industry leader was called “direct,” “passionate,” a “performer,” and filled with “integrity.”

The potential for Gulf Coast housing damage from Hurricane Laura could total more than $88 billion, according to a new forecast from CoreLogic. Laura is heading in the path of 431,810 homes in Texas and Louisiana, and CoreLogic estimates a ...

Though nearly two-third of adults owned their homes, the report found significant variations in homeownership rates by age, race and location.

In this episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, Raman Muralidharan, Head of Mortgage for HSBC discusses how servicers can assist homeowners leaving forbearance plans.

The report makes recommendations to Congress about potential legislation to enhance the safety and soundness of the regulated entities and move our nation toward a stronger, more resilient housing finance system. 

According to Freddie Mac’s Quarterly Forecast, housing markets have been affected by the pandemic with both home sales and house price growth declining.

In a new paper, Harvard Center for Housing Studies Senior Industry Fellow and Former Freddie Mac CEO Don Layton discusses the question of legitimacy surrounding tightening mortgage standards.

According to a new report, coronavirus lockdowns are causing minority homeowners to miss home payments at exacerbated levels.