Market Trends

Michigan-based law firm opens new office in St. Paul, Minnesota to expand its mission as an advocate for the mortgage servicing community.

Month-over-month, pending home sales rose 4%, the biggest increase in over two years. A new report breaks down the latest, including the resurgence of bidding wars.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith have announced bipartisan framework that promotes the financial security of working families, and expands affordable housing by enhancing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.

Existing-home sales faded 6.2% in December over the same month in 2022 while the median existing-home sales price rose 4%.

For its most recent cover story, MortgagePoint assembled a panel of economists to forecast the top trends and headwinds they expect to define the housing market in 2024.

Like the generation that precedes them, members of Gen Z are concerned about affordability, according to a new Point2 study, which revealed the cities and regions where the youngest Americans have the best chance of achieving homeownership.

An upcoming FORCE webinar will forecast the upcoming year for the REO marketplace, with particular attention to new laws that will take effect and their impact on your business.

Luxury consumers brought fresh energy to the housing market in 2023 as their ability to pay cash for a home and ignore the lock-in effect increased, according to a new Coldwell Banker Global Program report.

Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group predicts a gradual return to a more “normal” housing balance in 2024.

The GSE adds Roy Swan, current Director of Mission Investments at the Ford Foundation, to its Board, bringing 30-plus years of experience in law, banking, corporate finance, public policy, and investment management to the role.