Converted Malls Could Provide Alternative Housing Solution
Malls are dying in droves. There’s a nationwide shortage of housing inventory. Could the solutions to these two problems overlap? The post Converted Malls Could Provide Alternative Housing Solution appeared [...]
Battling Zombie Homes . . . and Plywood
Plywood is unsightly and advertises that a home is vacant. How do you fight against the spread of so-called zombie homes? The post Battling Zombie Homes . . . and [...]
Silver Lining to Rising Home Prices . . .
Home prices continue to climb both year-over-year and month-over-month, according to the October 2017 Home Price Index (HPI) released by CoreLogic Tuesday Morning. Nationally, prices increased by 7 percent from [...]
Quicken Calls Lawsuit ‘Meritless and Frivolous’
A newly filed class action lawsuit alleges that the online lender used keystroke loggers to collect personal information from visitors to their website. The post Quicken Calls Lawsuit ‘Meritless and [...]
Senate Banking Committee Approves Jerome Powell as Fed Chair
Powell's nomination as Fed Chair now moves on to a full Senate vote before he can be confirmed in the position. The post Senate Banking Committee Approves Jerome Powell as [...]
Property Preservation: Gaining Proactivity
DS News sits down with Julie Lindley from REO Management Solutions, LLC to discuss the latest challenges regarding property preservation. Lindley provides her insight on how to make properties great [...]
FHFA: House Prices Remain on the Rise
According to FHFA’s House Price Index analysis, home prices continues to tick upward in Q3 2017, with a significant jump over Q3 2016. The post FHFA: House Prices Remain on [...]
When It Comes to Interest Rates, Mind the Curve
The Fed is expected to continue gradually raising interest rates in 2018, but the president of the St. Louis Fed urges caution along that path to avoid a “yield curve [...]
What the Tax Reform Could Mean for Housing
On Monday, the latest data on the mortgage market was released—reporting an analysis of the proposed tax reform. What impact could changes to the tax code have on housing? The [...]