ATTOM has released its Q3 2022 U.S. Home Affordability Report showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos remain less affordable in Q3 of 2022 compared to historical averages in 99% of counties across the nation with enough data to analyze. Numbers continue to be far above the near 70% of counties that were historically less ...
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is taking a fresh look at the nation’s reverse mortgage system. On October 2, 2025, the agency released a request for information (RFI)...
It’s the month with the worst weather in many parts of the country, but January is the best time to buy a home, according to a new LendingTree study. The report shows that homebuyers who purchased...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told National Association for Business Economics conference in Philadelphia, that the Fed is getting closer to reducing the more than $6 trillion of securities...
Marriage, growing families, changing jobs, and divorce are among the life events that have fueled the housing market's recovery and return to normal, according to First American data—with sales...
New homes in the US may have gotten smaller in the past decade, but the average price per square foot has skyrocketed. Now LendingTree’s analysis of Census Bureau data on new-home sizes and...
HUD just got some fresh leadership. The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Craig Trainor as the new Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)—a move that could shape...
In 2023, over one-third (34%) of older households were cost burdened, paying more than 30% of their income for housing, per the Joint Center for Housing Studies’ recently released housing...
A recent Mortgage Professional America (MPA) report highlights a Washington Supreme Court decision that could have major implications for mortgage servicers. The ruling in Luv v. West Coast...
According to reporting by Atlanta News First and a recent court filing, more than 4,000 federal employees have been laid off as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, including 442 people...
Former U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Larry Lindsey has removed his name from consideration for the Fed Chair post, saying, "I have a very full, varied, and enjoyable life right now that I don’t...
Industry veteran Ed Delgado, Chairman Emeritus of Five Star Global and Managing Director of Mortgage Policy Advisors has been selected to lead a group of prominent industry executives during the...
While government-guaranteed mortgages like from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Administration (VA) and loans not requiring a government guarantee are continuing as if the...
According to published reports, the Treasury Department has laid off the entire staff of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. A spokesman for the White House Office of...
According to the ICE Home Price Index, home price growth reversed direction in September, after falling for eight months previously. Here's what else the latest data reveals. The post Home Price...
"State-level data makes it clear why the U.S. economy is on the edge of recession," wrote Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody in a post on X. The post Report Reveals Which U.S. State Economies...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and colleagues urged details on possible GSE reprivatization, but FHFA Chair Pulte says the board is meeting regularly and exempt from disclosure rules. The post FHFA, Senate...
Mortgage fraud is on the rise, according to the Cotality Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index. The index increased 6.1% from the second quarter of 2024 and was up 1.4% from the first quarter of...
The Federal Finance Finance Agency (FHFA) reports that the Enterprises completed 17,929 foreclosure prevention actions in July 2025, according to FHFA’s latest data. July’s transactions bring the...
Federal Reserve Governors and other Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members discussed the weakness in housing, commercial real estate, and other markets before making their decision to...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on one account of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution. The...
