Real Estate
Real estate news provides vital information to mortgage and housing industry professionals, and HousingWire’s real estate news coverage is focused on the top and timely information that agents, teams and brokerages need to know. Whether it’s news about further declines in housing inventory, insight into builder pace, or updates on housing market data like home sales and home prices, HousingWire offers you the insight you need into the biggest home trends and changes in real estate.
Right now, there are numerous factors driving the real estate news cycle, not the least of which is fluctuating interest rates. Mortgage rates rose rapidly throughout 2022, which has had a massive impact on the housing market across the board — and directly affected the price and demand of real estate, home prices, and government policies related to tax incentives, deductions, and subsidies that can boost or hinder demand.
And, while it appears that the Federal Reserve may be prepared to slow the uptick in the Fed rate, it’s likely that rates will continue to have an impact on the industry in some form throughout some or all of 2023. To stay on top of the latest real estate news, industry professionals turn to HousingWire’s real estate news coverage, where they can learn about policy that is impacting lender and consumer activity, economic and market trends that are guiding strategy and opportunities for real estate and mortgage professionals, and find out about best practices being incorporated by leading industry professionals and agencies.
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Fifth Third will give low-income borrowers $1,500 to cover mortgage closing costs
Apr 29, 2019Aiming to boost homeownership for low-income families, Fifth Third Bank is rolling out a new mortgage lending program that will provide as much as $1,500 that certain borrowers can use to cover their closing costs. Fifth Third announced Monday that it is launching the “Fifth Third Community Mortgage,” which provides closing cost assistance to low-income borrowers or borrowers buying a home in a low-income community.
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Here’s proof from the housing market that the economy is slowing faster than expected
Apr 29, 2019 -
Bring on the refis: Freddie Mac expects mortgage rates to remain low all year
Apr 29, 2019 -
New York launches its own CFPB
Apr 29, 2019 -
First American: America’s home buying power strengthens in February
Apr 29, 2019 -
Redfin: This is how Millennials save for their home down payments
Apr 29, 2019 -
Redfin: U.S. home-sale prices experience first annual decrease in 7 years
Apr 26, 2019 -
Urban Institute urges CFPB to release more data on multifamily lending
Apr 26, 2019 -
Median rent reaches all-time high
Apr 26, 2019 -
Recession fears diminish as the nation approaches a Goldilocks economy
Apr 26, 2019 -
U.S. economy rebounds, exceeding market expectations
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Dying malls resurrected in multifamily markets
Apr 25, 2019