A 2023 housing market surprise could extend into this year

Looking back at the many surprises of 2023, strength in home price appreciation was not something that was anticipated coming into the year, particularly after six straight months of declines at the end of 2022. But home prices rebounded during the 2023 spring homebuying season and amassed cumulative gains of 6% from January to October. […]

Shedding light on a spate of condo loan rejections

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac intensified their scrutiny of condominiums after the 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South complex in Surfside, Florida, which killed 98 people in one of the worst tragedies of its kind. Shortly after the disaster, the GSEs revised their policies on loans purchased in condo developments, with an aim to […]

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