May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
Household debt is topping its 2008 peak prior to the housing crash. Total household debt has risen to $12.73 trillion in the first quarter, the Federal […]
May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017
First-time buyers are rushing to buy homes after a decade on the sidelines, promising to kick a housing market already flush with luxury sales into higher […]
May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017
If there’s one fairly steady theme over the past couple of decades, it’s that consumers are saving less of their income and their household budgets are […]
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
While many reports show that home prices in many markets surpassed their previous peak, Trulia’s new study shows this is just the average, and more homes than […]
May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017
Since the housing recovery began a few years ago, millions of homeowners have gotten their heads back above water due to rising home prices. That said, […]
May 15, 2017
The S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, shows the composite rate unchanged from last month at 0.94% in […]
May 11, 2017
Fannie Mae has recently outlined changes in the way lenders can qualify potential borrowers who have student loan debt. The policy change is designed to make it easier […]
May 9, 2017
Millennials — 21 to 34-year-olds — hold an estimated $1.1 trillion of the country’s $3.6 trillion in consumer debt, according to UBS, as rising student and […]
May 4, 2017
The homeownership rate has been on the decline ever since the peak of the housing bubble a decade ago. However, last month, the Census Department said […]