Financing Negative Equity Negative equity hobbles the market by cutting into inventory, as underwater homeowners tend to stay in their homes rather than sell at a loss, while demand from the largest homebuyer group in the nation, Millennials, is already eclipsing supply.
Financing Foreclosures' Drag on Current Market Cycle Repeat foreclosures, or loans that have gone through the foreclosure process more than once, are one of the lingering drags on the housing...
Financing Housing Price Growth Continues to Slow U.S. housing prices increased 5.7 percent year-over-year in June, the smallest price increase since December 2016. According to Redfin,...
Financing Four Places Where Tariffs are Hitting Homebuyers In an already challenging housing market, homebuyers are facing some additional costs due to recent Trump administration tariffs. CBS’...
Financing Winter Is Coming for the American Economy's Bull Run In a new longform piece, Fortune Magazine senior editor at large Geoff Colvin unwinds the nation's seemingly bullish economic conditions...
Financing Fed Chair Says Housing 'Much Smaller' Part of Economy Now In a second congressional hearing this week, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell explained to the House Committee on Financial Services that...
Financing FHA Does Not Intend to Change Student Debt Constraint for Buyers Student loan debt can be an obstacle for homebuyers in more ways than one. In some cases, income-driven repayment plans can lead to mortgage...
Financing Zero-Down Loans Undergoing Reboot The zero-down conventional mortgage loan product is being brought back at the Credit Union of Colorado. Experts say this will likely entice...
Financing How New Homebuyers Should Navigate the New Tax Law With one of the hottest homebuying seasons in full swing, new homeowners face new tax advantages and disadvantages under the Tax Cuts and...
Financing Programs Let Homeowners Tap Equity for Cash About 14 million Americans are considered "equity rich," with at least 50 percent equity in their homes, per analysis from Attom Data. Some...