Inflation and sticky mortgage rates undercut the housing market in 2024. President Trump has vowed to force both metrics down — but conflicting economic policies may make that goal difficult
Plan to require lenders working with Fannie and Freddie to use FICO Score 10 T and VantageScore 4.0 models by Q4 2025 has been dropped, with new implementation date 'TBD'
The grandson of PulteGroup founder William J. Pulte, Bill Pulte is a private equity CEO, philanthropist and Trump loyalist with 3M followers on X
Investors who fund most home loans are now convinced that the Federal Reserve won't cut rates again until June after employers add 256K jobs and unemployment falls to 4.1%
With mortgage rates back to where they were last summer, purchase applications are coming in at the slowest pace since February 2024, Mortgage Bankers Association lender survey finds
Americans are more hopeful that the economy is on the right track than they were a year ago, but only 1 in 5 thought December was a good time to buy a home, Fannie Mae surveys show
Prices hit record highs in 2024, making affordability just as big a problem as it was on the eve of the 2007 housing bust. But this time, prices in most markets are expected to decelerate, not fall
According to Inman's 2025 economic outlook, a soft landing for the economy would mean home prices keep rising and mortgage rates settle in at around 6%, with sales varying widely by region
Requests for purchase loans picked up last week during a short-lived drop in rates, MBA survey shows, helped by gradually improving inventory conditions and economic outlook
Some renters think a crash would help them buy a home. But a surprising number of homeowners also think a major downturn would be a good thing, LendingTree survey finds
'From an affordability perspective, we think 2025 will look a lot like 2024,' Fannie Mae chief economist says, but with more inventory in Sun Belt states, Mountain West and Pacific Northwest
Trade group for title insurers complains federal regulators are disregarding the views of lawmakers in allowing the program to move forward on the eve of a 2nd Trump administration
The latest CPI reading is in line with expectations, but progress in the fight against inflation has stalled, economists warn. A slower pace of easing might keep mortgage rates above 6% in 2025
While only 23% of Americans surveyed by mortgage giant Fannie Mae in November thought it was a good time to buy a home, that's up from 14% a year ago when mortgage rates were peaking
Responding to appraisal bias lawsuit, Rocket claims the government requires lenders to grant appraisers independence, then holds them liable if those appraisers engage in discrimination