The national property tax delinquency rate accelerated last year, with data indicating potential emerging financial strain among some segments of mortgage borrowers. The share of property tax delinquencies across the U.S. increased to 5.1% in 2024, rising from 4.5% one year earlier, according to a new report from real estate data provider Cotality. The research […]
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Although GAAP profitability continues to elude Opendoor Technologies, the company reported a positive result under one non-GAAP measure, its first in three years. The company, which facilitates cash offers for real estate buyers, cut its net loss from the previous year by 68%, but guidance going forward was less encouraging. These results were announced after
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator announced additional leeway for them to invest more heavily in low-income housing tax credits in line with the passage of recent legislation. Each can now invest up to $2 billion for a total of $4 billion per year, twice the previous limit, according to a press release from U.S.
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With home prices climbing and mortgage rates keeping owners locked in place, Americans are sitting on a record $34.5 trillion in home equity and lenders are eager to cash in. The $34.5T in equity marks a $600 billion increase from last year. The total equity Americans have in their homes is up $4.7 trillion from
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Homebuyers got some relief last month as they found themselves with slightly lower mortgage payments. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Purchase Applications Payment Index fell 1.8% month-to-month, an indication that borrowers are finding their mortgages more affordable. The index measures borrower affordability by looking at new monthly mortgage payments relative to income; a decline signifies that
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Freddie Mac’s net income declined 14% year-over-year in the second quarter, because it increased its provision for credit losses. Fannie Mae, when it reported earnings on Wednesday, cited a similar reason as contributing to its own second quarter drop off. Still, Freddie Mac reported net income of $2.39 billion, compared with $2.83 billion in the
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While Attom’s recent quarterly numbers for the share of underwater mortgages show improvement in the near term, the percentage is running higher than it was a year ago, revealing regions with stress. The share of seriously underwater loans relative to all outstanding mortgages stood at 2.7% at the close of the second quarter, according to
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Economic worries and affordability challenges continued to weigh on the housing market, new data shows, hinting that the unusually slow summer sales could portend a more bearish market in the coming months. Housing prices rose 2.3% year-over-year in May, according to new data from the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index. This is the slowest increase in
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been ordered by a federal judge in Washington to resume distribution of Fair Housing Initiatives Program funds. Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued a temporary restraining order Monday in the case brought by the National Fair Housing Alliance and the Tennessee Fair Housing Council. The suit was filed in
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Opendoor, whose stock price has soared since early July, has postponed a special stockholder meeting originally scheduled for today to address a Nasdaq listing notification. The vote, now rescheduled for Aug. 27, concerns a potential reverse stock split that, if approved by shareholders and enacted by the board, could help remedy the company’s share price
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