Author name: Ricky Vasquez

ATTOM reported 40,277 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in August 2026, including default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. That was up 1% from July and 13% from August 2025, according to the company’s August U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. “August’s data shows that foreclosure activity continues to trend above year-ago levels, particularly in completed foreclosures, […]

U.S. single-family rent prices increased 1.8% year over year in July, down from annual growth of 2.3% a year earlier, according to Cotality’s Single-Family Rent Index. The company said monthly rent growth has followed a typical seasonal pattern for much of 2026, following a year of below-trend growth. July marked the fifth consecutive month of

We love it when a plan comes together. Heading into yesterday’s Fed announcement, the hope was that a rate hike would reassure investors in longer-term bonds (like those that underlie mortgage rates). We also didn’t expect that benefit to necessarily play out on the day of the hike itself (it didn’t).  In fact, Fed day