New legislation introduced in the Senate yesterday would place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on a 10-year timeline, liquidating the two GSEs and turning its components over to the private sector. According to a HousingWire report, the Mortgage Finance

The Related Group broke ground on Apogee Beach, the first South Florida high-rise to start construction in over four years. The condo tower is the first of 20 proposed South Florida condo developments to reach the construction

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has zeroed in on the secondary mortgage market, calling for reforms to what it sees as a major contributor to a sustained housing recovery. In testimony before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored

Typically, income and credit scores are main factors in determining mortgage rates, but a new study from the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics suggests that gender plays a substantial role. Brought to light by an AOL Real Estate

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the White House’s latest Housing Scorecard, a cumulative report that assesses a wide number of factors in the housing market. Like most

We all saw the headlines; CoreLogic’s Home Price Index (HPI) fell 1.3 percent from September to October and 3.9 percent from last year, while LPS reported a 1.2 percent drop from August and the Case-Shiller, the granddaddy of them

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) added 20 more cities to its Improving Markets Index (IMI), further evidence that though housing remains tough in some markets, it is not only improving, but showing positive signs of growth in

Lee & Associates, one of the largest full-service commercial real estate firms in the U.S., has announced the opening of its first Florida office. The office will be located in Fort

The tides seemed to have changed. After operating under a 30-year growth management plan known as “Smart Growth,” Florida, under the urging of its governor, greatly reduced the law’s reach, claiming that greater freedom would spur growth in local

Developers have proposed 20 new condo towers in the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, despite the approximately 4,700 existing units that remain unsold from the last real estate boom, according to a recent article from

Unsold condos from the last South Florida real estate boom in the downtown West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Island markets would take more than five years to sell out at the current sales pace, according to a new

Why do consumers make the choices they do? Why buy one jacket, but pass on another? Why invest in one bond, but not the latest Silicon Valley IPO? In the end, what governs reckless financial behavior, even at the

There were many outcomes of the housing boom and bust cycle, but one of the more implicit has been lowering consumer credit scores, a detail that has posed problems for prospective homebuyers seeking a mortgage for their transactions. According

Two home price indices from CoreLogic and Lender Processing Services (LPS) both showed small declines in home prices for October, indications that the summer buying boom has concluded and home values are entering their seasonal lull. CoreLogic’s Home Price Index

Real estate website HomeGain recently surveyed Realtors on a number of economic topics, and though most of the questions dealt with prices and home values, a question on political support yielded interesting results, according to a HousingWire piece on

What originally began as a mere economic analysis by a University of Pennsylvania professor has quickly developed into an all-out inquiry into the financial solvency of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), one culminating in testimonies and audits that put