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Housing Policy Get expert analysis of the national and regional changesthat affect your business. Arch MI Insights Housing Policy HaMMR Digest Videos Podcasts Want to stay current with the latest change...

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Summer Studies

As we mark the summer solstice this week, Capital Commentary is using this opportunity to review a potpourri of noteworthy housing analyses that caught our eye but perhaps not the eyes of local or natio...

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“Workations” Have Second Home Sales Soaring

Remote work drives growth in second-home sales as affluent buyers leverage low mortgage rates to combine business and pleasure....

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All Eyes on the High Court

Housing policy aficionados are keeping a watchful eye on the U.S. Supreme Court related to the future of the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)....

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What You Should Know About Today’s Millennial Homebuyers

Millennials are the largest generation and, despite hurdles, continue to be the most likely to buy a house....

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Searching for Equilibrium

The law of supply and demand can be boiled down to this: As supply increases, prices tend to drop. When supply falls, prices increase. The economy reaches equilibrium when supply and demand are in balan...

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P-S-P-A: CAPS, CAPS, CAPS

This issue of Capital Commentary is about recent amendments to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (PSPA) between the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which ...

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Home = Life

The headline of this issue of Capital Commentary comes from a recent hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, “Home = Life: The State of Housing in America.”...

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Five Keys to Originating More Construction-to-Permanent Loans

As the tightening housing shortage sets new records, loan originators prepare for a rise in construction-to-permanent mortgage loans....

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