

Fed Sets a Path for Higher Interest Rates Next Year
Tapering speed of bond purchases will double, reducing the injection of capital that has helped drive investments and property price...
Erik Sherman
Dec 24, 2021


White House to Unveil Steps Aimed at Easing Housing Supply Shortage
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is poised to unveil a series of steps aimed at addressing the U.S. shortage of entry-level homes and...
Andrew Ackerman
Nov 4, 2021


The 10 Most Over Priced Housing Markets
Three Utah cities are in the top 10 “most overvalued” housing markets in the entire country: Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake City. Another...
Katie McKellar
Nov 2, 2021


Coastal California cities are nation's least affordable housing markets
Real estate technology company Ojo Labs has been tracking home affordability for some of the largest metros in the U.S., and while a...
Arnie Aurellano
Oct 19, 2021


U.S. Homeowners Enjoyed $3 Trillion of Equity Gains in Q2
Based on CoreLogic's latest Homeowner Equity Report for the second quarter of 2021, U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which account for...
Michael Gerrity
Oct 4, 2021


Fannie Mae Aims to Make Home Loans More Accessible
Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae is making it easier to include rent-payment history as part of the mortgage approval process, a move...
Nicole Friedman
Sep 10, 2021


Single-Family Rent Increase Hits 16-Year High
The June single-family rent increase of 7.5% was the highest year-over-year hike since at least January 2005, according to the CoreLogic...
Ted Knutson
Aug 20, 2021


Fed Maintains Status Quo on Interest Rates
Benchmark mortgage rates continued their downward trajectory over the past week, following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s...
Jacob Passy
Jul 19, 2021


FHFA Rescinds Covid-19 Refinance Fee
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will do away with the controversial “Adverse...
Arnie Aurellano
Jul 16, 2021


Why Homebuyers Aren't Seeing Savings For Newly Built Homes
The price of lumber on the futures market has given up all of its gains for this year, falling by more than 50% in just the last few...
Diana Olick
Jun 10, 2021