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- Seattle housing market wrestles with crippling affordability concerns June 13, 2025Seattle is wrestling with a problem that is more acute than all but a handful of metropolitan areas — crippling affordability issues.
- Comfortable city living usually requires a six-figure salary June 13, 2025Nine of the top 10 cities where homeowners need the highest incomes are located on the West Coast or in the Pacific region.
- Americans are divided over housing impacts of immigration, tariffs June 13, 2025Opinions fell mainly along party lines, with Republicans having a rosier view of tariffs and new immigration policies than Democrats.
- In Chicago, a reverse mortgage scammer left a lasting scar June 13, 2025Mark Diamond was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his crimes against elderly homeowners, but the damage in Chicago is still visible.
- Tech Pulse: UWM challenges industry AI fear; Optimal Blue automates refi opportunities June 13, 2025Key news this week includes comments on "AI fear," Zillow Rentals adding conversational AI and Optimal Blue revealing a new refinance tool.
- First American: Rising costs squeeze homeownership for millions June 13, 2025Borrowers have seen their housing cost burden edge up slightly, from 19.8% of household income in 2020 to 20.3% in 2023.
- MBA, FHFA explore single credit report for mortgages June 13, 2025The trade group is “engaging with the Trump administration, and specifically FHFA, to conduct the assessments needed to reform this process and align with the rest of the consumer finance market.”
- HUD signs agreement with South Korean housing finance agency to spur MBS investment June 13, 2025HUD and Ginnie Mae signed an MOU with a South Korean housing finance authority, with the goal of increasing investment in U.S. agency MBS.
- How midsize lenders are surviving the mortgage squeeze June 13, 2025While expense control has been a survival strategy for many mortgage lenders, growth now hinges on finding new revenue streams beyond the traditional Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.
- HUD is light on reverse mortgage detail in justifications for budget request June 13, 2025Unlike years past, HUD’s congressional budget justifications for 2026 included few reverse mortgage details