Refinance retention reached a 3.5-year high (28%) during the third quarter with servicers retaining more than half of borrowers refinancing out of 2024 vintage loans, according to the newly published December 2025 ICE Mortgage Monitor Report. Rate-and-term retention...
A new study published by the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has identified the deterioration of the province’s single-family home affordability over the past 10 years, with some regions experiencing a higher level of challenge. The...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has published a 10-point plan designed to address housing affordability challenges. In announcing the plan, the NAHB observed there was a nationwide shortage of approximately 1.5 million housing units, which exacerbates...
Elevated mortgage rates and increased construction costs coupled with onerous regulatory costs resulted housing affordability remaining near its lowest level in more than a decade during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the National Association of Home...
Sales of new single‐family houses in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 664,000, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 8% above the revised November rate of 615,000 and is...
Euro-Area Housing Loan Demand Falls Sharply as Higher Rates Hit Borrowers
