A report from DS News. "Foreclosure auction inflow data points to a third wave of post-recession distress building in late 2019 and early 2020. A total of 43,232 residential properties nationwide were referred to Auction.com in Q3 2019 for a…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are pulling back on some mortgages meant to make homeownership more affordable, their latest effort to rein in risk at the behest of their regulator. The two companies…
A report from Market Watch. "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may stop offering certain mortgages as they prepare to privatize, but borrowers won’t be left behind, the companies’ chief regulator said. 'Fannie and Freddie must not repeat the mistakes of…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "The housing market sputtered in September as a lack of homes for sale and high prices disrupted what was shaping up as a rebound in the second half of the year. 'You can…
A report from Multi-Housing News. "Rezoning or 'upzoning' of entire neighborhoods is undertaken to, on the one hand, increase the density of housing and, on the other, provide cheaper rental units. Neighborhoods that were occupied strictly by single-family homes and…
A report from Politico. "The U.S. housing finance system is worse off today than it was on the cusp of the 2008 financial crisis, Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials warned on Tuesday. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "The Trump administration said it would support returning mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private hands. 'Our view is that the government footprint has become too big,' Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "The next time you buy a house, your lender might deploy a drone and a computer algorithm to size up the property instead of a tape-measure-toting human appraiser. Federal regulators are moving to…
A report from Westword in Colorado. "Fortunately, the real estate game in Denver has moderated in recent months, giving first-timers their best chance in years to find the abode of their dreams. But how do novices get started? And what…
A weekend topic starting with the Wall Street Journal. "From “Tying Down the Anchor: The Task Gets Tougher,” a paper by Kevin Warsh presented May 3 at a Hoover Institution conference: For most of the post-crisis period, the Fed grew…