The most recent National Mortgage Database (NMDB) Aggregate Statistics report from FHFA reveals the significant amount of home equity that American households possess. This should put an end to any discussions suggesting that the housing market is on the verge of a mass foreclosure crisis or that national home prices will crash like they did from 2007 to 2011. Vast home equity cushion Keep this very...

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Mortgage rates have been slowly decreasing, but is this drop significant enough to influence our weekly housing data? Keep in mind that our weekend tracker reports provide insights months ahead of the reports most Americans typically read. Therefore, we closely monitor changes in our data trends whenever mortgage rates fluctuate. The last two weeks have been particularly noteworthy, and I wanted to discuss...

It’s been a strange season for the housing market, caught somewhere between post-pandemic exhaustion and pre-election caution. And yet, in the quiet shuffles of financial markets and whispered policy pivots in Washington, signs are emerging that something may be stirring beneath the surface. Just last week, mortgage rates unexpectedly improved by as much as 0.25%, fueled by the weakest private-sector...

Below is a timeline of the actions the Trump administration or Congressional Republicans have taken that impact housing since President Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025, along with additional coverage of those topics. Opinions on Trump administration actions CFPB Trump fires CFPB Director Rohit Chopra  Feb. 1 Trump names Scott Bessent as new acting CFPB director Feb. 3 New CFPB...