Dustin Owen on housing affordability: ‘I don’t think it’s going to be solved over the next four years’

In a recent episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” co-hosts Dustin Owen and John Coleman explore upcoming trends and shifts in the mortgage and housing markets following the 2024 election. Their conversation dives into new trade policies, tariffs, constructions costs, labor and more. These questions

$1.4 Million San Francisco Home That Former Owner Died In Sells for Just $488K—but Buyer Can’t Move In Until 2053

Getty Images A classic Edwardian home in San Francisco‘s Russian Hill with timeless character has been snapped up for $488,000 by a savvy homebuyer. The unusually low price is far less than half of the city’s $1.2 million median list price and an even smaller portion of the property’s estimated $1.4

Gilgo Beach Serial Killing Suspect’s Wife Set To Put Long Island Home on the Market: Police Claim He Tortured His Victims in the Basement

Suffolk County Sheriff's Office; Getty Images The wife of the Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect is preparing to put their dilapidated home in Massapequa Park, NY, on the market. Rex Heuermann, a 60-year-old Manhattan architect is accused of murdering six women and dumping their remains on a Long Is

Buying a home is growing even less affordable

With relentlessly high mortgage rates and stubbornly high home prices, the mortgage payment on the median priced home in the U.S. is now back up above the 2023 and 2024 levels for the first time since August. Affordability is getting worse for homebuyers this fall. That does not bode well for home s