Housing affordability

Bilt Rewards, best known for offering renters rewards points for paying on time, plans to do the same for mortgages through a partnership with United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, its first tie-up with a home lender.

The average starter home was sold for more than $206,000 in August, yet sales increased by nearly 4% from last year, according to a Redfin report.

FICO's claims about its 10T score highlight how its monopoly has stifled innovation and raised costs for homebuyers, according to the CHLA's Rob Zimmer.

The recent decline in mortgage rates and rising incomes helped improve buyer affordability, but record home prices remain formidable obstacles.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration may declare a national housing emergency this fall as the White House looks to highlight key issues for midterm campaign voters.

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A Redfin survey found that no matter what age demographic, owners are in a better situation to make their payments compared to renters.

President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill aims to save millions of homeowners an average of $1,454 annually,writes HUD Secretary Scott Turner.

The survey shows that Americans are more confident in their own finances, though most still expect home prices and mortgage rates to rise over the next year.

Bilt raised $250 million in the funding round led by General Catalyst and real estate investor GID, which were joined by home lender United Wholesale Mortgage, it said in the letter.

The newest addition to the Panorama group of companies aims at offering opportunities to first-time home buyers through wholesale and correspondent channels.

In some California markets, a household would need a six-figure raise to afford monthly payments on a typical home, new Zillow research found.

The Treasury's need to finance growing debt is the unspoken factor in the discussion of monetary policy and housing costs, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors argues.

Rising insurance costs and stricter rules threaten condo affordability, but balanced reforms can preserve access, according to a member of the Community Home Lenders of America.

Rapidly rising tuition and housing costs both contributed to lower homeownership rates and a more than twofold surge in student debt in under 15 years.

Section 8 cuts threaten to destabilize the multifamily market, writes the former chief of staff to HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge.

A large share of each generation, baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z, said another age group is the reason why homeownership is unaffordable, Clever found.

A version of the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act has been introduced in three prior sessions of Congress, but has never made it through the process.

Deregulation at the federal and state levels could open the door to a potential boom in housing supply, HUD Secretary Scott Turner said Tuesday.