4/16/20 – This version of the blog has been updated to reflect that there are policy requirements in the Ginnie Mae program to finance servicer advances.
There is a very…
While it is too early to know how COVID-19 will affect rental markets, early signs suggest another slowdown in demand is coming. Already, leasing activity is down at a time…
COVID-19 has most of the nation practicing “social distancing,” which for those of us not on the front lines of hospitals, grocery stores, or the shipping of goods means…
As I wrote last week, in America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to Watch, several components of the country’s $10 trillion-plus mortgage system…
Sharon Cornelissen, Alexander Hermann
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April 1, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown, millions of homeowners across the United States are financially vulnerable. To assess COVID-19’s potential…
While the full economic impact of COVID-19 is yet to be seen, early indications suggest that we are headed into a recession that will affect workers who were already facing…
The coronavirus pandemic, as this is being written, is still on the upswing in the number of reported cases, but has quickly caused a financial and economic crisis. And while…
Like everyone else around the country and the world, staff at the Joint Center for Housing Studies are adjusting, day by day, to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, both…
