Home flipping activity and profits plummeted in 2023: Attom

The landscape for home flipping across the country was challenging in 2023 as fewer single-family homes and condominiums were flipped and investment returns on these projects declined. A total of 308,922 single-family homes and condos were flipped in 2023, down 29.3% from the 436,807 flips in 2022.
Read MoreRising insurance costs, ample inventory create a unique market in Southwest Florida

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country, the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I think one of the major trends we are seeing is that our overall inventory is up 60% year over year compared to 2023,” said PJ Smith, president of the Naple
Read MoreEquifax’s Work Number is too expensive and regulators should look into it: CHLA

Equifax’s Work Number product is too expensive for consumers and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) should potentially do something about it, an influential mortgage trade group argued this week. In a letter submitted to FHA commissioner Julia Gordon a
Read MoreRetail reverse mortgage production took a hit in January

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse
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