Let’s start with the bad news: The U.S. housing deficit is currently between 1.5 million and 8 million homes (estimates among experts vary widely). And worse, the core reasons for such a shortage cannot be easily or quickly addressed. But there is good news, too, speakers said Wednesday at the U.S.

Policies related to appraisal appeals, or reconsiderations of value (ROV), were rescinded Wednesday by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). “While the adoption of a standardized ROV policy was one that real estate appraisers understood and was generally good for appraisers and consumers, the is

Lessons from California wildfires and other natural disasters California’s wildfires highlighted the chaos that natural disasters continue to unleash – not just on homeowners, but also on the mortgage servicers tasked with supporting them and the insurance industry that covers the cost of rebuilding

Retirees and advocates for older Americans are expressing unease and bewilderment at a series of announcements made by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The agency is seeking to implement new in-person identity verification requirements and plans to close more than two dozen field offices ac