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 …
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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 …
MBA Urges Shift to Single Credit Report Model, Citing Cost Savings and Efficiency
National Mortgage Professional, June 16, 2025The Mortgage Bankers Association is renewing its push to replace the outdated tri-merge credit report requirement for GSE and government loans with a more streamlined …