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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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: ...
Regional Spotlight: Florida Sales Prices and Listings Rise in Q2
Florida sales prices and new listings showed strong gains in 2Q 2021 compared to 2Q 2020, according to the latest housing ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fannie Mae Launches Underwriting Feature to Incentivize Homeownership
Fannie Mae added a feature to its automated underwriting system to incorporate consumers' rent payments in the mortgage credit evaluation ...
Mortgage Rate Forecast for August 2021: Will Rates Finally Start Going Up?
(TNS)—The dog days of summer have officially arrived. But while temperatures are likely to soar higher across much of the ...
What Recent Pre-Marketing Studies Say About Pricing, Policy and Privacy
How can the industry (and you) use data to steer policy and clients in a direction that best serves everyone—whether that is toward “seller choice” or “transparency,” or perhaps both? Read more.
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