HPSI Up Significantly from All-Time Low Recorded Two Years Ago The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 0.7 points in October to 74.6, pushing the measure of consumer confidence to its highest level since February 2022 and significantly higher than the...
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Roc360 Announces Latest Residential Transitional Loan Securitization, Rated by DBRS Morningstar
Roc360, a leader in real estate financing solutions, is pleased to announce the successful closing of its second residential transitional loan (RTL) securitization, Roc Mortgage Trust 2024-RTL1. Structured to support professional investors in the residential market, the transaction highlights...
Redfin Reports The Number of Renter Households Is Growing Three Times Faster Than Homeowner Households
San Jose, CA, Los Angeles and San Diego have the highest shares of renter households, while Cape Coral, FL, Charleston, SC and Columbia, SC have the lowest The number of renter households rose 2.7%, in the third quarter year over year, to a record 45.6 million. That’s according to a...
CoreLogic: Annual Home Price Slowdown Continues in September
On an annual basis, home prices rose by 3.4% in September, the slowest growth rate in over a year, and are projected to slow to 2.3% by the same time next year. Miami continued to post the highest gain of tracked U.S. metro areas, at 6.8%, followed closely by Chicago at 6.7%. Rhode Island reported...
Fred Matera Promoted to Chief Executive Officer of CoreVest
CoreVest American Finance Lender, LLC (“CoreVest”), a leading lender to residential real estate investors nationwide and a division of Redwood Trust, Inc. (“Redwood”), is pleased to announce the promotion of Fred Matera to Chief Executive Officer. A tenured leader at Redwood, Fred has served as...
Redfin Reports 28% of Houses For Sale Are Newly Built, the Lowest Share in 3 Years
New-construction homes are making up a smaller portion of total inventory as builders back off and more homeowners list their houses for sale Newly built homes made up 28% of single-family homes for sale nationwide in the third quarter, the lowest level in three years, according to a...
Buying like it’s 2021: Nearly half of recent buyers have a mortgage rate below 5%
New Zillow survey data finds many buyers are securing lower mortgage rates from home builders, sellers, or borrowing from friends or family members Although average mortgage rates are much higher, 45% of buyers who have purchased a home in the past year report having a rate below 5%. Mortgage...
S&P CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER INDEX RECORDS 4.2% ANNUAL GAIN IN AUGUST 2024
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) released the August 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. The leading measure of U.S. home prices recorded a 4.2% annual gain in August 2024, a slight decrease from previous levels in 2024. More than 27 years of history are available...
ZOMBIE FORECLOSURES REMAIN SPARCE AROUND U.S. IN FOURTH QUARTER AMID ONGOING STRONG HOUSING MARKET
Zombie-Property Trends Follow Decrease in Overall Foreclosure Cases ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released its fourth-quarter 2024 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report showing that 1.4 million (1,355,909) residential properties in the United...








