May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019
American optimism about the economy continued to recover in May, following a dip earlier this year, according to a monthly barometer of consumers’ mood. The Conference Board […]
May 30, 2019
A majority of Americans (65%) think it is still a good idea to invest in a home, according to the latest survey of consumer expectations of […]
May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
Home vacancy data released by the Census Bureau, shows that we’re back to the 90s. The rate of vacant homes dropped to 1.4%, the lowest level […]
April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019
Red flags are flying in the credit-card industry after a key gauge of bad debt jumped to the highest level in almost seven years. The charge-off […]
April 17, 2019
Consumer credit delinquencies were mixed in the fourth quarter, with delinquencies falling in six of the 11 categories tracked by ABA. However, the American Bankers Association’s […]
April 16, 2019
April 16, 2019
Commercial and multifamily lenders had another banner year in 2018, when closed-loan originations rose 8% to a high of $574 billion. “Borrowing and lending backed by […]
April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019
Sound underwriting coupled with family-income and home-price growth have helped push mortgage delinquency rates down. According to CoreLogic’s TrueStandings data, at the end of 2018 the […]
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019
Despite slowing home price growth, 74% of millennials make financial concessions to afford housing. By comparison, only 40% of older generations make these sacrifices, according to CoreLogic. Overvalue […]
April 11, 2019
In January 2019, 4% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency, down from 4.9% a year earlier and the lowest for the month of […]