June sees big home-price deceleration coupled with record inventory jump

Rising interest rates paired with sky-high home prices have been a veritable double whammy for homebuyers as of late, but Black Knight’s latest Mortgage Monitor report may offer somewhat of a silver lining. The real estate analytics company revealed that, while prices are still climbing, the rate of that climb is slowing significantly. Annual home […]
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Some Borrowers Are Buying Second Homes First

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Success Boils Down to These Simple Concepts

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Equitable housing plans aim to reverse ‘embarrassingly low’ numbers

In 2020, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased a respective $1.4 trillion and $1.1 trillion in loans, providing important liquidity to the U.S. housing market. Of the loans purchased, the vast majority went to white borrowers (65.6% for Fannie and 64.6% for Freddie), according to the National Housing Resource Center. By comparison, only a fraction […]
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Consider AI’s Less Discussed Benefits

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