Market Watch

Cotality recently launched its “2025 Hurricane Risk Report.”

The report examines the growing financial and social costs of increasing hurricane risk, with special attention to areas of the U.S. not as prepared to weather the storms.

Read on to learn more.

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2025-14, “Updates to Modernization of Engagement with Borrowers in Default and Loss Mitigation.”

S&P Dow Jones Indices recently released the March results for the S&P Cotality (CoreLogic) Case-Shiller Indices.

The analysis showed home prices recorded a 3.4 percent annual gain in March.

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Both the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) celebrated the real estate tax provisions in the Republican-led tax and spending package that was advanced by the House of Representatives via a narrow 215-214 vote.

Could you spot a fake ID? Many seasoned real estate professionals know skill is useful to more than club bouncers or police officers. Jaime Kosofsky, executive vice president of business development and compliance at Brady and Kosofsky, can attest to this fact, as he noted on a recent episode of the Keys to Real Estate podcast.

With the median home sales price having skyrocketed from $313,000 in Q1 2019 to $416,900 in Q1 2025, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on “2025’s Most Affordable Cities for Home Buyers.”

The Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Office of Single Family Housing officially archived nearly 600 mortgagee letters that are no longer active after their web presence caused confusion for lenders trying to obtain accurate FHA Single Family policy information.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development made more than $1.1 billion in Indian Housing Block Grant funding for available to tribal communities earmarked for affordable housing activities.

On April 3, Valuation Review reported that House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), released a joint statement about the phasing out of the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program.  But as of May 1, VA rescinded its Home Retention Waterfall and stopped accepting VASP submissions.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc recently released its May 2025 Mortgage Monitor Report.

The analysis delved into the rising share of first-time and Gen Z homebuyer participation in the mortgage market.

Read on for more home purchasing numbers from ICE.