A coalition of attorneys general from 50 states and territories announced a $20 million settlement with payment processor ACI Worldwide related to a 2021 testing error that created the unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion from customers of Nationstar Mortgage (also...
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has launched DPA One, a tool designed to help mortgage lenders quickly find and match borrowers to down payment assistance programs. According to Freddie Mac, DPA One aggregates and showcases down payment assistance programs in a single,...
A homebuyer needs to earn $114,627 in order to afford the purchase of a median-priced home, according to data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This up 15% ($15,285) from one year ago and up by more than 50% since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The current income...
The median sales price for the U.S. housing market in September was $415,000, a seasonal decline of 2.4% from August’s $425,000 but 2.5% above the $405,000 in September 2022, according to new data from RE/MAX (NASDAQ:RMAX). Among the 50 markets tracked for RE/MAX’s...
Single‐family housing starts in September were at a rate of 963,000, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Last month’s rate was 3.2% higher than the revised August figure of 933,000. Privately‐owned housing...
Mortgage application activity plummeted to a 28-year low, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) covering the week ending Oct. 13. The Market Composite Index, the trade group’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, slumped by 6.9% on a...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 11-15
