The Week Ahead: A Look at Housing Market Health
BuildFax will release its July Monthly Housing Health Report, using "U.S property condition and history data to provide insights into macro and microeconomics trends affecting the U.S. housing market." Here's [...]
Asurity Announces Launch of RiskExec’s Proprietary Fair Servicing Module
RiskExec adds Fair Servicing into its leading reporting and analysis platform for HMDA, CRA, and Fair Lending. Loan servicing practices are becoming ever more critical in the world of COVID-19 [...]
How Many Active Mortgages Are In Forbearance?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and expiration of expanded unemployment benefits continue to represent significant uncertainty for the weeks ahead, according to researchers. The number of mortgages in active forbearance dropped [...]
State, Local Officials Receive More Fund-Spending Flexibility
A new announcement by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson revealed an array of new flexibilities states and local government can use their Community Development [...]
HUD Grants State, Local Officials Receive More Fund-Spending Flexibility
A new announcement by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson revealed an array of new flexibilities states and local government can use their Community [...]
Reaction to Fannie and Freddie’s New Refinancing Fee
GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced last week that they are raising fees for lenders on all mortgage refinances by 0.5%, an effort, the enterprises say, to protect themselves from losses [...]
HUD’s Carson Provides Opportunity Zone Updates
While visiting Florida, the Secretary of HUD said that "the Opportunity Zone initiative elevates our Nation’s once forgotten communities from economic distress to flourishing areas with new hope and promise." [...]
Lowest Unemployment Rate in Months, Continuing Gradual Recovery
Though jobless claims continue to drop, America is still a long way from pre-pandemic numbers. A pair of housing market economists weigh in. The post Lowest Unemployment Rate in Months, [...]
How COVID-19 Is Driving Migration Trends
Americans are relocating for pandemic-related reasons. A new report reveals where movers are headed and what cities they are leaving. The post How COVID-19 Is Driving Migration Trends appeared first [...]