Last month, new single-family home sales failed to impress, dropping nearly 10 percent, while existing-home sales saw little movement. Many in the industry are a bit skeptical of a turnaround this month due to a lack of inventory.
Read More »How Long Will Home Prices Stay on Their Upward Path?
As housing demand continues to rise, interest rates remain at historical lows, credit conditions ease, and the labor market improves, home price growth continues to climbs but for how much longer?
Read More »New Home Listings Offer a Glimmer of Hope for Dwindling Inventory
New home listings rose at the fastest rate in three years, offering the mortgage industry a small token of relief from shrinking inventory.
Read More »Scarce Inventory Weighs Heavy on the Mortgage Industry
Inventory has been a ongoing issue in the housing market despite positive indicators from home sales and prices coming out of the crisis.
Read More »Top 10 Housing Markets Where Home Prices Have Recovered Most
Since the Great Recession, home prices have been fighting their way back to peak levels reached prior to the crisis and some markets' home prices have more than recovered.
Read More »5 Things Investors Need to Know About the Single-Family Rental Market
The National Rental Home Council President of the Board and President and CEO of Invitation Homes, John Bartling, and sat down with MReport to discuss opportunities for investors in the SFR market and how they can capitalize on them to grow their businesses.
Read More »Economic Growth at a Standstill, What Does This Mean for Housing?
Financial markets in the U.S. are showing continued improvement as the year progresses, but Fannie Mae expects economic growth to remain flat, which could place a damper on the housing market.
Read More »FHA Clarifies Bank Liability For Mortgage Errors
The FHA hopes this added clarity will appease banks and large lenders that have pulled out of the FHA loan program or implemented harsher credit standards fearing lawsuits and penalties over troubled loans.
Read More »Fed Opts Out of Rate Hike Until ‘Further Improvement’ in Economy
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) stood still Wednesday as all eyes in the mortgage industry awaited their announcement to leave the federal funds rate at its current level.
Read More »JPMorgan Chase Prepares $1.9 Billion MBS Deal
This credit risk transfer transaction is expected to reduce the risk borne by U.S. taxpayers and bring more private capital back into the mortgage market.
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