With the winter around the corner, Zillow has found the minor growth in inventory is helping shift the scales slightly in favor of buyers. The post Housing Inventory Rises [...]

The initial production releases included the Inspections and Property Preservation modules. These will be followed by Collections and Loss Mitigation activities through the remainder of the year. The post [...]

Single female heads of households were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with many believing they will never be in a position to buy a home. The post Why Some [...]

Black Knight has announced that it has expanded its offerings to include home care from Househappy, an all-in-one application that enables homeowners to digitally track home maintenance information and schedule repairs and services from [...]

Boosted by a positive employment report, the number of homeowners in forbearance plans dropped yet again this week to 2.28% of U.S. households. The post Forbearance Update: Declining Volumes [...]

New announcement will expand eligibility for the GSE’s refi programs for low- and moderate-income borrowers, and revise desktop appraisal mandates. The post FHFA Advances Two Measures for Housing Sustainability [...]

A new forecast by the MBA finds that while originations are expected to decline 33% from this year, lenders will turn their attention to their servicing business in order [...]

As the housing market continues to adapt to unprecedented demand as digitization becomes the norm, 81% of borrowers still prefer an in-person closing over a digital one.  This data comes from Solidifi U.S. Inc. (Solidifi), a network management services [...]

As the market expected, the number of active forbearance cases significantly decreased for the second week in a row as the first wave of final plan expirations continues.  According to Black Knight’s McDash Flash daily forebarance tracking dataset, active plans [...]

In its latest forecast, the GSE predicts a short-term tightening of the Federal Reserve’s policies and an interest rate hike in late 2022. The post Where Fannie Mae Thinks [...]