MPA, July 7, 2025-Candyd MendozaAs climate disasters intensify across the United States, high-net-worth buyers are increasingly factoring environmental risk into their real estate decisions – pushing lenders, developers, and agents …
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Another Home Insurance Crisis Brewing?
National Mortgage Professional, July 7, 2025-Lew SichelmanHomeowners are either postponing important maintenance on their properties or doing the work themselves, all because it is too expensive to do otherwise, according …
Researchers Are Using AI to Get a Clearer Picture of Housing in the U.S.
Shelterforce, July 2, 2025-Franklin SchneiderMax Griswold is putting together a database of detailed eviction data for cities and census tracts in California. Last year, after making a batch of public …
Discover Might Shutter Home Equity Business
Home Equity Lending News, July 2, 2025Discover Financial Services might reverse course on its home-equity lending business despite publicly committing to its continuation last month. The company’s evolving stance follows …
FHA Overhauls Mortgage Insurance Policies in Cost-Cutting Push
MPA, June 30, 2025-Candyd MendozaThe Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced a sweeping rollback of several policies within its Single-Family mortgage insurance program, impacting the loan process from application through …
Homeowners Who Gambled on Lower Rates Are Paying the Price
The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2025-Nicole FriedmanMillions of Americans bought homes in recent years with mortgage rates at 6.5% or higher, often betting they could refinance to a lower …
Today’s Labor Market Shines New Light On Home Equity
National Mortgage Professional, June 29, 2025-Lew SichelmanSomething on the order of one in every 11 homeowners with a mortgage experience what the experts term a “labor market shock” each and …
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Ordered to Consider Crypto as an Asset When Buying Mortgages
Associated Press, June 26, 2025-Alex VeigaThe head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider accepting a homebuyer’s cryptocurrency holdings …
Fannie Mae’s New AI-Powered Crime Detection Unit: The Pulte/Palantir Project
HousingWire, June 27, 2025-Bob SimpsonFannie Mae has launched an AI-powered Crime Detection Unit in partnership with Palantir Technologies to achieve what FHFA/Fannie/Freddie chief Bill Pulte has called “something big on …
More Homeowners Find Themselves Underwater
Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2025-Veronica DagherHomeowners who bought around the peak of the market are increasingly finding they owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth.Click here for …