Industry Briefs

Computershare Loan Services’ Specialized Loan Servicing, New York, in partnership with UMB Bank, now offers clients a customer access card tied directly to home equity lines of credit serviced by SLS.

2019 Home-Flipping Reaches 8-Year High; Returns at 8-Year Low

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., released its year-end 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which showed 245,864 single family homes and condos in the United States flipped in 2019, up 2 percent from 2018 to the highest point since 2006.

ATTOM: ‘Zombie’ Foreclosures Up to 3.1% Nationwide

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said 1.52 million U.S. single-family homes and condos in the United States were vacant in the first quarter, representing 1.5 percent of all homes.

ATTOM: Home Prices in Opportunity Zones See Annual Increases

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said nearly half of Opportunity Zones saw median home prices rise more than the national increase of 9.4 percent from fourth quarter 2018 to fourth quarter 2019.

ATTOM: 2019 Average Home Seller Profits at Record $65,500

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said home sellers nationwide in 2019 realized a home price gain of $65,500 on the typical sale, up from $58,100 last year and up from $50,027 two years ago.

ATTOM: 2019 U.S. Foreclosure Activity at 15-Year Low

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., released its Year-End 2019 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which showed foreclosure filings fell by 21 percent from 2018 and by 83 percent from a year ago.

Buying More Affordable than Renting in 53% of Housing Markets

ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said its 2020 Rental Affordability Report showed owning a median-priced, three-bedroom home is more affordable than renting a three-bedroom property in 455, or 53 percent, of the 855 U.S. counties analyzed.

Housing Market Update

Reports from ATTOM Data Solutions, Redfin, Zillow, RE/MAX and Ellie Mae.