CBS News, Sept. 9, 2024-Tim MaxwellThe housing market, dogged in recent years by high prices and interest rates, is expected to get good news on the rate front soon. Click …
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FHA Has Loan Option for Low-FICO Homebuyers
Orange County Register, Sept. 6, 2024–Jeff LazersonFederal Housing Administration mortgages, in some cases, allow a FICO score as low as 500. This is a homeownership inroad for those who thought …

US Housing Market Hit by Shrinkflation
Newsweek, Sept. 9, 2024–Giulia CarbonaroAn analysis conducted by USA Today Homefront using data from Realtor.com found that the median American home is now 128 square feet smaller than five years …

Is the August Jobs Report Exactly What the Fed Needed to Hear?
HousingWire, Sept. 6 2024-Brooklee HanAugust’s gain of just 142,000 total nonfarm payroll jobs confirms that the job market is cooling, which all in all is good news for the Federal …

Single-Family Housing Trends Could Boost CRE Outlook
Globe St., Sept. 6, 2024-Kristen SmithbergAs the Fed prepares to potentially reduce rates this month, questions about what will happen to housing prices abound.Click here for more

Trump Says He Would Ban Mortgages for Undocumented Immigrants
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 5, 2024-Will ParkerFormer President Donald Trump said he would ban undocumented immigrants from obtaining home mortgages, a move he indicated would help ease home prices …

Real Estate Failure to Launch
The Housing Scene, Sept. 6, 2024–Lew SichelmanIf you clicked on a real estate agent’s name next to an online listing, don’t hold your breath waiting for a call. Nearly half …

Interest Rates Have Dropped, but Homeowners Are Not Moving
New York Times, Sept. 6, 2024-Rukmini CallimachiOn an earnings call earlier this summer, the chief executive of the online real estate brokerage Redfin was asked whether he had a contingency …

Flooding Is Getting Worse—and Fewer Homeowners Have Insurance
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 5, 2024-Jean EagleshamFaun James was at work in a Pennsylvania hospital last month when a storm flooded her town. Unable to drive in the surging …

50 Top Mortgage Originators According to HMDA Data
National Mortgage News, Sept. 5, 2024-NMN StaffThe top five mortgage originators had an average of 162,666 originations in 2023 according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data. These top five originators …