Financing The Impact of the Regulatory Rollback on Homebuyers Smaller banks may be relieved at loosening lending rules, but some experts say that the rollback of certain aspects of the Dodd-Frank...
New-Home Sales How Will Wall Street Affect Home Building? It's more likely that the stock market will adversely affect the housing market than the reverse
Financing Replacing Fannie and Freddie Affordable Housing Goals May Reduce Lending for Some Borrowers An expert panel forecasted that changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s Affordable Housing Goals will cause a decrease in lending to...
Financing Rising Mortgage Rates Will Not Curb Demand, Experts Say Mortgage rates are at a two-year high, which may impact the buying patterns of first-time homebuyers, though experts do not expect it will...
Affordability Innovative Financing for Affordable Housing Nontraditional sources and incentives offer feasible ways to enrich the nation's supply of affordable and workforce housing
Affordability Most Americans Can Afford a New Home Over half of U.S. households earn enough to buy a home without exceeding debt-to-income ratio rules
Financing Will Upcoming Tax Reforms Be Good for Average Americans? Recent discussions about the mortgage interest deductions are a welcome change, but will the new proposals create more homeowners?
Financing The Case for Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Bloomberg's Megan McArdle argues that Adjustable-Rate Mortgages are equally as safe as fixed-rate mortgages, and dissects essential factors...
New-Home Sales U.S. Home Builders Lobby Seeking Alternatives for Home Buying Tax Incentives Faced with the Republican plan to overhaul the tax code, The National Association of Home Builders is reevaluating options for encouraging...
Human Resources Federal Judge Overturns Obama-Era Overtime Rule The rule, released in May 2016, was set to take effect on Dec. 1, 2016, but a preliminary injunction has prevented it from being enacted
