HousingWireHousingWire Nearly 90% of U.S. metropolitan areas analyzed experienced annualized home-price gains in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to data published Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR found that 201 of 226 metro areas (89%) saw sale prices for single-family homes rise on a yearly basis…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Texas-based Click n’ Close, formerly known as Mid America Mortgage, offers the SmartBuy SAM program as an alternative path to homeownership. SAM loans…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire New data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) revealed that the delinquency rate for mortgages on one- to four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.98% of all loans outstanding at the end of 2024. The national delinquency rate was up 6 basis points…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Alleviating the country’s housing challenges looks to be top of mind for the Trump administration. In an executive order signed by the president on his first day back in office, Donald Trump called upon the heads of all executive departments and agencies “to deliver emergency price relief, consistent with…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Now that he has been confirmed and sworn in as the 19th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Scott Turner said he plans on moving to act on what he calls a Trump administration priority — privatization of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae…
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