Rising Home Values Benefitting Opportunity Zones
ATTOM recently released its second-quarter 2021 Opportunity Zones report analyzing qualified low-income zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts...
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HUD and FHFA Collaborate on Fair Housing Initiatives
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) entered into a collaborative...
Mortgage Rates Bump Up for First Time in Weeks
Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.87%. Mortgage breakdown:...
Q2 Median Sales Prices See Double-Digit Growth in 94% of Metros, Says NAR
Median sales prices for existing single-family homes continues increasing, spurred on by the continued inventory shortage and record-low mortgage rates....
Mortgage Credit Availability Up in June
Mortgage credit availability increased in July, according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers...
C.A.R. Applauds Fannie Mae’s New Underwriting Considerations
California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.) President Dave Walsh issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Fannie Mae that it...
Enterprises Completed 65,243 Foreclosure Prevention Actions in May
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently released its Foreclosure Prevention, Refinance and FPM Report, showing highlights for the month...
Huntington Beach Home Inspector Killed Amid Home-Sale Dispute
Sixty-six-year-old Michael Alderson of Anaheim, California, was shot and killed on Aug. 7 amid an alleged dispute involving siblings and...
Mortgage Servicers’ Pandemic Response Varies Widely
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report detailing 16 large mortgage servicers' COVID-19 pandemic response, including call handling...
High Demand for Refis Persist as All Mortgage Applications Rise
Mortgage applications increased 2.8% for the week ending Aug. 6, 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage...
Parked and Productive: How to Turn Car Time Into Winning Video Content
How to ditch the studio setup and stiff, over-edited videos at your desk, and turn your parked car into a high-converting mobile content hub. Read more.
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