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More than 34% of the national housing stock is being rented and the percentage is climbing, according to Moody's Analytics.
Slow income growth coming out of the recession and a lack of savings for a down payment pushed rental demand higher. Vacancy rates, according to...
The negative equity problem may actually be pushing up home prices at the bottom of some of the hardest-hit housing markets, according to a report from CoreLogic ($27.65...
The negative equity problem may actually be pushing up home prices at the bottom of some of the hardest-hit housing markets, according to a report from CoreLogic ($27.65...
A look at stories across HousingWire's weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues:
Banks, bond issuers and investors are expecting a gush of bank downgrades this week that, among other things, will raise borrowing costs.
Moody's Investors...
Realogy Corp.'s parent company, Domus Holdings, which operates Century 21 and Coldwell Banker, filed to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial public offering in order to shed its heavy debt.
Preliminary documents...
Real estate appraisers in Massachusetts are wrestling with many lenders who prohibit the use of trainees, cutting down on the number of bodies they can put in the field, according to the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers.
The issue with trainees is...
Real estate appraisers in Massachusetts are wrestling with many lenders who prohibit the use of trainees, cutting down on the number of bodies they can put in the field, according to the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers.
The issue with trainees is...
The Federal Housing Administration will sell 5,000 mortgages in the foreclosure process every quarter beginning in September to give borrowers more options to stay in their homes than government programs currently allow.
The inventory of repossessed homes held by the...
Credit ratings agencies are exploring ways to evaluate risks in the possible securitization of REO-to-rental cashflows.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency continues work on a ...
Credit ratings agencies are exploring ways to evaluate risks in the possible securitization of REO-to-rental cashflows.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency continues work on a ...
The ability of MetLife Home Loans ($43.28 0.71%) to adequately service mortgages tied in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds is winning plaudits...
The ability of MetLife Home Loans ($43.28 0.71%) to adequately service mortgages tied in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds is winning plaudits...
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives Friday would require regulators to craft principal reduction programs for government-backed mortgages.
Reps. Gary Peters, D-Mich., John Campbell, R-Calif., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn. sponsored the Preserving American...
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives Friday would require regulators to craft principal reduction programs for government-backed mortgages.
Reps. Gary Peters, D-Mich., John Campbell, R-Calif., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn. sponsored the Preserving American...
Walker & Dunlop ($19.07 0.4%) will buy CWCapital an operating subsidiary of CW Financial Services, an...