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The Wells Fargo Foundation has expanded its commitment to housing affordability through another $20 million competition with Enterprise Community Partners to find housing solutions. The second Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge will once again focus on three categories: Financing, Construction, and Access and Resident Support. Innovators are invited to compete for grants of up to $3 […]

Pacaso, a real estate platform that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home and/or investment property, has released a report identifying the top 10 luxury second home markets across the U.S. in 2022. For the study, Pacaso analyzed second home mortgage rate lock data, an indicator of second home buying activity, revealing revealed […]

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published its 2022 Annual Report, which provides Congress with an overview of the condition of the federal banking system, discusses the OCC’s strategic priorities and initiatives, and shares the OCC’s financial management and condition. The OCCs Annual Report highlights the OCC’s work to foster and […]

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released the 2023 Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and their joint venture, Common Securitization Solutions, LLC (CSS). The FHFA releases an annual Scorecard to communicate and provide public awareness of its priorities and expectations for the GSEs and CSS. The 2023 Scorecard focuses on specific goals […]

Pending U.S. home sales dropped 32% year-over-year to their lowest level since at least 2015 during the four weeks ending January 1, according to a new report from Redfin. Some of the largest declines were found in the pandemic homebuying hotspots of Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Austin, which each saw pending sales plummet more than […]

Deephaven Mortgage has tapped long-time business development leader Tyler Bohn for the role of Managing Director, National Accounts. Based in Fullerton, California, Bohn joins Deephaven with more than a decade of senior-level experience in the mortgage industry, most recently with Solidifi, and previously with Incenter and First American Mortgage Solutions. In his new role with […]

The year 2022 was full of financial hurdles for many, with economic uncertainty and a volatile housing market, resulting in many homebuyers and homeowners struggling to purchase a home or keep up with monthly mortgage payments. The positives worth celebrating in 2022 included the nation’s robust job market and the continued recovery from the COVID-19 […]

CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions provider, has released its major U.S. housing trends wrap-up for 2022. Year-over-year, CoreLogic reported that home price growth increased for the 130th straight month in November, but gains have slowed significantly since the spring. Still, most homeowners were in positive-equity territory throughout the first three quarters […]