Home prices are rising at rates not seen in years, with four reports—from Standard & Poor’s, Zillow, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and First American Financial Corp.—confirming no apparent letup.
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Industry Briefs Jan. 26, 2021
SitusAMC Holdings Corp., New York, acquired Assimilate Solutions LLC, a provider of mortgage and title knowledge process outsourcing and information technology outsourcing platforms.

For Housing, ‘A’ is for ‘Austin’
One report says Austin, Texas will be the nation’s hottest housing market in 2021. Another report says it already is.

Pandemic Year Brings Huge Surge in ‘Million-Dollar Cities’
Move over, San Francisco Bay Area and New York City; you’ve got company—lots of it.

Renters Struggle as Income Stagnates, Unemployment Remains High
Renters’ median income growth stopped last year, and more than three million renters who face COVID-19 unemployment carry extreme housing cost burdens, analysts said.

Zillow: Racial Home Value Disparities Shrinking, But Persist
The Zillow analysis said homes owned by Black and Latino households are worth 16.2% and 10.2% less, respectively, than the typical U.S. home — gaps that have closed by about 4 percentage points from their widest points following the Great Recession.

Housing Market Roundup, Dec. 24, 2020
It’s almost the end of a year many of us would like to forget—unless, of course, we’re a mortgage banker. Here’s a summary of a plethora of reports that crossed the MBA NewsLink desk in the past few days:

Housing Market Roundup
So much news, so little time and space. The end of the year seems to bring out the volume in housing market reports, so here are a couple paragraphs each on some of the latest reports to come across our desks:

Housing Roundup Nov. 23, 2020
Here’s a quick hit on several recent housing and real estate finance reports.

Generation Z Renters Moving On Up
More young adults are returning to the rental market reported Zillow, Seattle.