Existing Home Sales Outperform Market Potential
First American Financial Corporation released its First American’s Potential Home Sales Model for the month of February 2022. The Potential Home Sales Model measures what the healthy market level of [...]
Military Conflict Complicates Fannie Mae’s Estimates
No matter what you call it, the conflict in Ukraine is creating worldwide macroeconomic events that will trickle down to every segment of the economy over the course of the [...]
Forbearance Portfolio Volume Slides for 21st Straight Month
The number of U.S. loans in forbearance fell once again, with as an estimated 590,000 homeowners remaining in forbearance plans nationwide. The post Forbearance Portfolio Volume Slides for 21st Straight [...]
Ginnie Mae Announces Two New Executive Appointments
With decades of shared experience in housing finance, policy, and financial services, Sam Valverde and Felecia Rotellini join Ginnie Mae as EVP and Senior Advisor & Chief of Staff to [...]
Median Sale Price in February Hits $357,300
Continuing a pattern of recent rises and declines over the last few months, existing home sales dropped in February 2022 according to the Existing Home Sales Report from the National [...]
AAG Names New Chief Administrative Officer
American Advisors Group (AAG), a company that creates home equity solutions for seniors, announced Scott Slifer as their new Chief Administrative Officer. Part of AAG's 2022 growth and expansion plan, the move is [...]
The Week Ahead: Five Star Webinars Address Return of Foreclosures
Two upcoming webinars presented by the Five Star Institute will examine the state of the foreclosure and REO landscape as business begins to accelerate. The post The Week Ahead: Five [...]
Bipartisan Measure Introduced to Bring Transparency to Flood Insurance Pricing
Sens. Cassidy and Gillibrand introduce the Flood Insurance Pricing Transparency Act that will require FEMA to publish the formulas used to calculate mitigation credits for policyholders under Risk Rating 2.0. [...]
Lenders Ease First-Time Buyer Jitters
According to a new survey from TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, first-time homebuyers are feeling anxious and unprepared in this highly competitive housing market. TD's First-Time Homebuyer Pulse found [...]