FHFA Rule Brings Greater Transparency to GSEs
Introduction of new Final Rule will introduce public disclosure requirements to the Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework, and foster risk management practices. The post FHFA Rule Brings Greater Transparency to GSEs [...]
Declining Home Sales Could Bring “Balance to the Market”
The share of the number of homes for sale shrank at its slowest pace since the start of the pandemic, as continuously rising mortgage rates have limited many homebuyer budgets. [...]
Private Mortgage Insurers Transfer Risk on $2.8T of Coverage
The U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), which is the trade association representing the nation’s leading private mortgage insurance companies, has announced the industry has transferred more than $55 billion in risk [...]
Senate Confirms Thompson as FHFA Director
In service as Acting Director of the FHFA since June 2021, former FDIC executive officially begins her term as FHFA Director after a 49-46 Senate vote. The post Senate Confirms [...]
Statutory Requirements: Strict Construction or Strict Compliance?
Make sure that your Section 1304 notices do not include anything beyond what the statute expressly prescribes, and it is mailed in a separate envelope. Arsenio Rodriguez and Ali Degan [...]
Foreclosure Starts, Completions Up Substantially YoY
On other fronts, April's numbers bucked trends for this time of year, with mortgage delinquencies hitting a “new record low.” Check out the latest data from Black Knight to see [...]
Suburban Home Values Growing Faster Than in Urban Cores
Woodinville, Washington, is Zillow's most popular market of early 2022, leading a list of fast-growing suburbs as the most in-demand places to start off the year. As more data emerges [...]
Spike in Costs Compressing Budgets for Would-Be Homeowners
Inflationary concerns continue to blanket prospective buyers as new residential sales declined month-over-month in April. The post Spike in Costs Compressing Budgets for Would-Be Homeowners appeared first on DSNews. Source: [...]
Gauging Wildfire Risks
As we enter wildfire season in much of the country, Realtor.com announced that it is the first major real estate site to add property-specific wildfire risk information to for-sale and off-market [...]