The tax overhaul's impact on the housing market? It's complicated.By Marielle SegarraApril 16, 2019Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesResearch by the New York Fed connects the two. POSTED IN: real estate SALT deduction Mortgages mortgage interest rates expensive homes ListenreadDownloadDownload
Could the 30-year mortgage disappear? By Amy ScottDecember 13, 2018Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesPresident Trump's pick for housing regulator has questioned the loan's benefits.POSTED IN: Housing 30-year mortgage Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Economy homeownership ListenreadDownloadDownload
Help, I'm stuck in my starter home!By Amy ScottDecember 03, 2018Chris Bentley/MarketplaceAnd that makes it harder for everyone to move up the housing ladder.POSTED IN: housing market mortgage buying a home generation x ListenreadDownloadDownload
What layoffs in the mortgage industry say about our economyBy Justin HoNovember 17, 2018POSTED IN: business Mortgages lending mortgage lending layoffs Jobs employment ListenreadDownloadDownload
Why do we have a 30-year mortgage, anyway?By Amy ScottOctober 31, 2018Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe country's most popular home loan "did not come down on a tablet."POSTED IN: 30-year mortgage Housing FDR ListenreadDownloadDownload
Home buyers navigate sluggish housing marketBy Justin HoOctober 24, 2018Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesSales of new and existing homes haven't been this slow for years, so what's a buyer to do?POSTED IN: Economy home buying real estate Housing mortgage rates interest rates home loans home prices housing market ListenreadDownloadDownload
When mortgages hit the roofBy Janet NguyenOctober 12, 2018Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIn the early 1980s, the Fed combated inflation by hiking interest rates to over 18 percent.POSTED IN: Housing homes mortgage rates ListenreadDownloadDownload
At $6 trillion, "tappable" home equity reaches new highBy Amy ScottSeptember 26, 2018David McNew/Getty ImagesSo far, homeowners are resisting cashing out.POSTED IN: home equity HELOCs Housing mortgage rates homes equity Mortgages homeowner ListenreadDownloadDownload
How a piece of software helped fuel the 2008 financial crashBy Molly WoodSeptember 17, 2018Tavner Murphy/MarketplaceThe seeds of the Great Recession included a lot of greed, fraud ... and some technology.POSTED IN: software Divided Decade financial crisis mortgage-backed securities ListenreadDownloadDownload
