“Although there was a modest improvement in affordability last month, higher rates and low housing inventory are both keeping many would-be buyers out of the housing market." --Edward Seiler, MBA’s Associate Vice President, Housing Economics, and Executive Director, Research Institute for Housing America

MISMO®, the real estate finance industry's standards organization, today announced that the industry standard dataset mapping for several pre-closing and closing datasets , including Fee Sheet, ALTA CPL, ALTA Title Commitment, and Endorsements, have achieved “Candidate Recommendation” status, which means they have been thoroughly reviewed by a wide range of organizations and industry participants and are available for use across the industry.