Browsing: Housing

Canadian households took on more mortgage debt in late 2025 even as the value of their homes slipped. New data from Statistics Canada show real estate…

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have respectively released a mix of new flexibilities and requirements for single-family mortgages they purchase as April has gotten underway.Processing ContentFannie…

Key insight: The Senate’s manager’s amendment, which added FHA multifamily loan limit reductions and an institutional investor cap on single-family homes, cost the legislation support from…

Key insight: A group of 16 state attorneys general, all Democrats, have filed suit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development over a recent guidance…

Key insight: The Senate passed housing legislation by a wide bipartisan margin, but the House is less likely to do so. What’s at stake: The Mortgage Bankers…

A new look at the country’s most at-risk housing markets finds Florida and California leading all states in the number of counties vulnerable to declines. Processing ContentFlorida…

Key insight: The White House has indicated its support for the compromise legislative language now moving forward in the Senate. The House passed its own housing…

Key insight: President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass legislation restricting institutional investors purchasing single family homes, following up on his executive order that the legislature…

Key insight: The House passed a bipartisan housing bill that bundles community banking provisions — including expanded limited-scope exam eligibility, new bank formation rules, and changes…

Key insight: The House is poised to pass a housing affordability package with wide bipartisan margins. What’s at stake: The House bill contains a number of community…