First time home buyers

Driven by robust purchase demand and tight housing supply, housing price growth reached a two-year high in July, according to CoreLogic.

Like much during the pandemic, the latest news on home prices inspires a definite sense of deja vu.

About 54% of properties underwent bidding wars in July with some metro areas peaking at 75%, according to Redfin.

Seeking to reverse a decades-long disparity in homeownership, the Urban League of Greater Madison has launched a $5 million initiative to help more Black Madisonians own their own homes.

The American Dream Down Payment Act would let states establish and manage accounts, which would be similar in structure to 529 college savings plans.

With over 4 million millennials entering prime home buying age each year through 2023, purchase activity will be driven much higher, according to Ellie Mae.

Housing prices continued to grow in June, maintaining a streak in monthly increases that began in February 2012. But the trend could be reversed in 2021 with the resurgent effects of the coronavirus, according to CoreLogic.

The U.S. homeownership rate, led by young buyers, jumped to the highest since 2008, signaling that the housing boom underway before the pandemic has only accelerated.

Almost six in 10 completely agreed that company-provided technology met or exceeded their expectations.

The new normal created by the events so far in 2020 could make this the best year ever for lenders.