How migration is dividing the housing market in two

It can be tricky talking about the national housing market when different parts of the country have very different market dynamics. Nationally, home prices will finish 2024 with an increase of about 5% over the previous year, despite historically low home sales and that there are 27% more homes unso

As boomers retire with record housing wealth, finding accessible housing is a challenge

Despite being the beneficiaries of historic increases in home-price appreciation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, older baby boomers — many of whom are approaching the age of 80 in 2025 — are now finding themselves challenged by a dearth of housing inventory that can best accommodate living i

Trump’s HUD pick, Democratic lawmakers were targets of bomb threats

A series of threats leading up to and following the Thanksgiving holiday targeted several prominent people in the Republican and Democratic parties, including cabinet nominees for president-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming administration and multiple Democratic lawmakers. Among the Trump cabinet nomine

Fitch: 2025 mortgage sector outlook revised from ‘deteriorating’ to ‘improving’

Fitch Ratings announced Monday that it has revised its outlook for the mortgage origination and servicing sector in 2025 from “deteriorating” to “improving,” reflecting forecasts of lower mortgage rates. The credit rating agency sees higher origination volumes and gain-on-sale margins on the mortgag