HousingWire, Aug. 22, 2025-Brooklee HanHousing affordability is taking center stage this fall for the Trump administration. From President Donald Trump’s early executive order ordering the heads of all executive departments …
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Fix-and-Flip Real Estate Investors Are Pulling Back
CNBC, Aug. 21, 2025-Diana OlickHigher interest rates and a fast-shrinking labor market are taking their toll on the fix-and-flip housing market. Investors are starting to pull back, as costs rise …
Gen Z, Millennials Struggle With Housing Costs
National Mortgage News, Aug. 25, 2025-Brad FinkelsteinOver 40% of millennial and Gen Z homeowners claim they struggle to afford their regular housing payments, a substantial number but less than the …
Is a September Fed Cut on the Way?
MPA, Aug. 25, 2025-Jonalyn CuetoFederal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has increased expectations of a US interest rate cut next month, signaling that the central bank may move to ease borrowing …
Fed Still Unlikely to Cut in September, Suggests New Analysis
MPA, Aug. 18-Jonalyn CuetoThe US housing sector remains trapped in a deep freeze as high interest rates continue to weigh heavily on activity, according to a new analysis by RBC …
First-Time Home Buyers Now Older Than Ever, Data Shows
WDTV, Aug. 18, 2025-Caresse JackmanWith high interest rates and limited inventory in many parts of the country, first-time home buyers are having a tough time achieving a piece of the …
Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 14, 2025-Konrad Putzier and Rachel Louise EnsignAmericans are stuck in place. People are moving to new homes and new cities at around the lowest rate …
Fannie Mae Adds New Temporary Buydown Rules for Servicers
National Mortgage News, Aug. 14, 2025-Bonnie SinnockFannie Mae recently updated its servicing guidelines to include new instructions for handling temporary interest-rate buydowns, which have become more popular as a way …
What Mortgage Firms Should Do Now to Gear Up for GSE Crypto
National Mortgage News, Aug. 5, 2025-Bonnie SinnockLegislators have been debating how fast government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should move toward counting cryptocurrency toward loan qualification, and mortgage companies …
MBA Urges GSEs to End Costly Tri-Merge Credit Reports
National Mortgage News, Aug. 7, 2025-Bonnie SinnockThe Mortgage Bankers Association announced Wednesday that its Residential Board of Governors has passed a resolution calling for two influential government-sponsored enterprises to end …