14 real estate trends Gen Z buyers are looking for
Baby boomers and millennials have dominated the home-buying conversation in recent decades, but a new generation of homeowners is browsing online listings, heading...
Mortgage rates stabilize after Fed meeting
Mortgage rates stabilized this week as the Federal Reserve decided to keep its rates unchanged Wednesday. However, mortgage rates still remain at a 23-year...
Housing inventory growth slows to a halt
Weekly housing inventory data
All I wanted for Thanksgiving and Christmas was just a few weeks of active inventory growth between 11,000 – 17,000....
Total Expert, Polly aim to help a lender identify customer opportunities faster
Customer engagement platform Total Expert‘s customer intelligence and mortgage tech firm Polly‘s product and pricing engine (PPE) will help California-based lender Mountain West...
HECM study assesses financial impacts of program over 20 years
A study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed...
Mortgage applications sink to 1995 levels as rates soar
As the 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased for the sixth consecutive week to 7.70%, mortgage applications slumped, hitting their lowest level since 1995....
HHS delivers framework for national aging plan
As the U.S. and much of the world will have to reckon with a population that is growing older at a faster rate,...
Amid housing slowdown, new construction grew most in exurban areas in Q3
In the third quarter of 2023, single-family and multifamily home construction grew in outlying areas instead of urban centers.
That’s according to the National...
Freddie Mac hires Sam Valverde for executive role
Sam Valverde, who stepped down as acting president of Ginnie Mae on Nov. 30, will join Freddie Mac as vice president of mission...
Dovenmuehle Mortgage to lay off several hundred in Illinois
Dovenmuehle Mortgage, a mortgage sub-servicing company, has informed authorities in Illinois that it will impose a layoff affecting hundreds of employees next year.
The...