State of the Nation’s Housing: Millions Face Risk of Eviction, Foreclosure

Households that weathered the pandemic without financial distress are “snapping up” the limited supply of homes for sale, pushing up prices and excluding less-affluent buyers from homeownership, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University reported Wednesday.

CREF Policy Update June 24, 2021

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“Pricing power is really soaring for larger floor plans in most places, while smaller apartments tend to be rent change laggards.”–Greg Willett, Economist with RealPage, Richardson, Texas.

MBA Weighs In With SEC on Climate-Related Disclosures

The Mortgage Bankers Association this week urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to follow a set of guiding principles as the SEC considers the issue of climate-related disclosures.