More Consumers Buying As Mortgage Concerns Ease
Fannie Mae: Housing’s contribution to economic growth expected to double in 2014…
Fannie Mae: Housing’s contribution to economic growth expected to double in 2014…
The reforms aim to protect Americans if they run into trouble paying their mortgages…
Lenders must be prepared to verify that borrowers can repay their home loans…
Private mortgage insurance makes a comeback…
The proportion of all-cash home sales has doubled, making up 42 percent of all deals done…
Higher mortgage rates, constrained inventories and tight credit slowed pace of sales…
Expectations for Quantitative Easing taper, economic acceleration tempered by fragile nature of recovery…
Homeowners who’ve recently lost spouse are often in dire financial straits..
Industry defenders concede that banks handled struggling homeowners and foreclosures poorly in the wake of the financial crisis…
The situation is complicated by the fact that both the White House and Congress want to enact serious tax reform in 2014…