Homebuyers' confidence in the market has been eroding for the last few months, according to Fannie Mae. What is behind the recent decline in buyer sentiment?
Read More »Loan Approval Rates Show Wide Disparity
Despite improvements in mortgage access for borrowers over the last few years, the latest federally released data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act has done nothing to reverse an unfortunate fact.
Read More »Fannie Mae Takes Earnings Report as Positive
Like fellow GSE Freddie Mac earlier this week, Fannie Mae reported solid financial results for the third quarter. What factors drove the positive earnings for Fannie Mae?
Read More »Nationstar Beats Financial Expectations for Q3
Q3 was the first profitable quarter overall of 2016 for Nationstar Mortgage. What was the reason for the turnaround?
Read More »Are Some Housing Markets Softening?
Sellers and landlords have spent the past year cutting prices and rents, leading some to speculate that some housing markets could be softening, according to recent analysis.
Read More »Equity Rising with Home Prices
Home prices are up considerably from a year ago, and along with it has come a significant gain in housing wealth.
Read More »Competitive Market Forces Buyers to Consider Options
The competitive homebuying market brought on by continuously short inventory supply is causing would-be buyers to keep their options open.
Read More »Here are the Markets Attracting Single-Family Renters
Analysis shows that renters are flocking to more affordable cities with solid economies and looking to get out of higher-priced areas, even if the economy is good.
Read More »Needle Points North for Southern Housing Markets
Housing markets in the South showed the most improvement while a battle between low mortgage rates and rising prices is still being fought in the West.
Read More »New Home Sales are Struggling to Measure Up
The most recent numbers for sales of new single-family homes were solid, but are still far off where some in the industry think they should be.
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