After a tepid Spring homebuying season, housing market headwinds continue to challenge demand for homebuying, but improved for-sale supply is providing buyers with more options and helping to keep softer price pressures for those looking to buy. And while annual home price growth has slowed considerably, home prices this spring have held steady, and gains […]

A mortgage lender helping Americans buy homes abroad received a capital boost this week thanks to a new warehouse agreement with an investment management firm.  Volo Loans, which specializes in serving U.S. citizens looking to finance properties in Costa Rica, landed its $50 million investment from Gramercy Funds Management, a global firm specializing in emerging

Wall Street is cranking up the bond machine as US homeowners, finding that buying a new house is out of reach since mortgage rates started climbing in 2022, are instead getting home equity loans and sprucing up their current properties. Roughly $18 billion of bonds, backed by consumer loans on everything from second mortgages to