Foreclosure Starts Jump 17% Year-Over-Year, ATTOM Finds
Just over 101,000 U.S. properties had a foreclosure filing during third-quarter 2025, up less than 1% from the previous quarter but up 17% from a year ago, according to ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.
MBA Statement on the Senate Passage of the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement following the Senate’s inclusion and passage of the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Consumer Credit Quality Deteriorates Across Most Credit Categories, VantageScore Reports
Credit delinquencies rose on a year-over-year basis across nearly all credit tiers and almost all delinquency categories, according to VantageScore, San Francisco.
Multiple Lines of Defense: Combating Fraud in the Digital Closing Era
Fraud has become one of the most pressing risks in real estate and financial services. From deed theft and vacant land scams to AI-generated deepfakes, criminals are deploying increasingly sophisticated tools to exploit weaknesses in the transaction process, writes NotaryCam's Suzanne Singer.
BatchData.io: Investors Account for One-Third of Second-Quarter Home Purchases
Real estate investors purchased 33% of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter–the highest percentage of investor purchases in the last five years–according to BatchData.io, Phoenix.
Realtor.com: One-Third of Home Sales All-Cash
Realtor.com, Santa Clara, Calif., reported that 32.8% of homes sold in first-half 2025 were paid for with cash.
