Fortune magazine, Sept. 25, 2025-Nick Lichtenberg The U.S. housing market has delivered plenty of surprises in recent years, but few as puzzling as the data released for August. Click here …
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Housing Prices are Causing Some People to Have Smaller Families Than Planned
NPR, September 25, 2025-Laurel Wamsley For Ava Rimal, the options became clear: She and her husband could have a second kid or move to a bigger house in a more …
Youthful Cities to Benefit More by Falling Mortgage Rates
National Mortgage News, September 25, 2025-Colin McNamara Cities with younger, more mobile populations are set to benefit more from sinking mortgage rates, a new Realtor.com report found. Click here for …
HPPA Explained: What “Trigger Lead” Limits Mean for the Mortgage Industry
RegFi Podcast, Sept. 25, 2025-Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Justin Wiseman, George Rogers and Rachel Kelley join RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt to discuss the …
US New Home Sales Jump to More Than 3-1/2-Year High; Economists Dismiss Rise as a Fluke
Reuters, Sept. 24, 2025-Lucia Mutikani Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to the highest level in more than 3-1/2 years in August, but that likely exaggerates the housing market’s …
Mortgage Demand Stalls After Mini Refinance Boom
CNBC, Sept. 24 2025-Diana OlickTotal application volume rose 0.6% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance demand, which had surged to …
Powell Signals Federal Reserve to Move Slowly on Interest Rate Cuts
Associated Press, Sept. 24, 2025-Christopher RugaberFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday signaled a cautious approach to future interest rate cuts, in sharp contrast with other Fed officials this week …
Fannie Economists Expect Sharp Drop in Interest Rates
Inside Mortgage Finance, September 24, 2025-Brandon IveyRefi business could spike by upwards of 70% next year thanks to expectations for lower interest rates, according to economists at Fannie Mae.Click here …
How Real Estate Investors are Propping up U.S. Home Sales
Scotsman Guide, Sept. 23, 2025-Ryan Kingsley Of the approximately 86 million single-family homes and townhouses across the U.S., 17 million, or nearly 20%, are “non-owner occupied” — in other words, …
FHA Premium Cancellation Bill Reintroduced in the House
National Mortgage News, Sept. 22, 2025-Brad FinkelsteinA bipartisan bill looking to end the Federal Housing Administration’s life-of-loan requirement for that form of mortgage insurance coverage has been reintroduced in the …