Premium cuts are expected to save borrowers $678M a year but don't apply to existing loans or release homeowners who have built up equity from 'life-of-loan' requirements
Longer loans, including a 50-year concept recently floated in the UK, are sometimes framed as a way to improve housing affordability. But the experts aren't convinced
Interactive tool tracks disparities in homeownership rates, home values and distribution of housing wealth by race and ethnicity
While not cheap, the suburbs chosen by realtor.com are best-fitted for families with kids
Alarm bells aren't ringing, but analysts are keeping a close eye on the trend
Jim Parrott, a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute, said housing is 'not an abstraction' for the president-elect at National Association of Realtors' Real Estate Forecast Summit
Knowing more about how FHA works — and how to work with FHA — helps agents identify opportunities for their first-time buyer clients, who make up one in three buyers today. FHA is not for everyone, but for millions of young families, it is the piece that is solving the homeownership puzzle.
New research suggests that they're not
Student loan borrowers who use an income-driven repayment plan could be at disadvantage for taking on a mortgage, a study by the Urban Institute shows
The prediction is more of the same, says Mike Frantantoni, the chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association
The Housing Secretary traveled to Detroit this week to unveil 17 new locations aimed at helping HUD-assisted families achieve self-sufficiency, but challenges abound
Fewer than half of Los Angeles residents own a home according to a report from CityLab
Equality in education, income attainment is lacking in Wards 7 and 8
Nearly 50 LA ZIP codes' median home price exceeds $1 million
New technology can break the language barrier