The end of a burdensome housing policy, the launch of a deed theft prevention agency, and Alaskan homeowners carrying more mortgage debt. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of April 27-May 1. Hit: Good Intentions,...
The Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture (USDA) have rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring all new home construction ineligible for an FHA or USDA-backed mortgage loans unless the property was built according to the 2021 International...
Single-family housing starts in March were at a rate of 1.03 million, a 9.7% spike from the revised February figure of 941,000. According to data from the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, privately-owned housing starts in March...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) have announced the first major update to their respective credit scoring models in decades. HUD is now enabling the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to use of...
Julián Castro, who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the second term of the Obama administration, has come out against a Trump administration policy denying federal housing assistance to households that include illegal immigrants. In a...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
