It’s often in the interest of lenders themselves to work with borrowers and provide options for repaying the loans.

With the “lock–in effect” shrinking inventory, 1.7 million fewer homes were sold between 2022 and 2024, per a federal housing study. 

Homeowners’ median net worth is about $400,000. Renters? Just $10,000, according to the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program.

The company says customers are deferring big renovation projects because of high interest rates and economic worries.

Economists argue the home mortgage interest deduction doesn’t really work and costs the federal government tens of billions of dollars a year.

Builder incentives like interest-rate buy-downs and the relative affordability of the area are big draws for prospective buyers.

According to real estate firm Zillow, the typical buyer pays $2,188 monthly — well above the 30% of median income guideline used to calculate housing affordability.

People who sold a median-price home last year made more than $120,000 in profit on a typical sale, according to a new report out today from the property data company ATTOM.

A new report finds the rate of mortgage borrowers considered “equity rich” increased to 49% in the second quarter.

Investor purchases made up more than 1 in 5 home sales in December, according to CoreLogic.