Insight
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Insight | Mar 16, 2018
Why is Adulting Getting Harder? Young Adults and Household Formation
Young adults of this era lead lives quite different from earlier generations. Compared to older generations, as a group they have been slow to reach life milestones... More
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Insight | Feb 23, 2018
Nowhere to go but up? How increasing mortgage rates could affect housing
We're in an era of historically low mortgage interest rates and the expectation is that interest rates have nowhere to go but up. But how quickly will rates increase and... More
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Insight | Dec 19, 2017
Before and After Disasters, Multifamily Responds
In this Freddie Mac Multifamily Podcast, hear hosts Steve Guggenmos and Aaron Dunn talk with their guests about recent natural disasters and our response to them. More
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Insight | Dec 4, 2017
A Logical Next Step in Mortgage Finance
September 2008 was an eventful month. Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley converted to bank holding companies to... More
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Insight | Nov 9, 2017
The \"B\" Word: Can We Spot the Next House Price Bubble?
\"Are we in a house price bubble?\" That's generally the first question I get after every presentation I make these days. More
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Insight | Nov 3, 2017
Rental Affordability: A Gap Widening to a Chasm
Are the reports of an affordability crisis in rental housing true? A first-of-its-kind study from Freddie Mac Multifamily revealed a number of concerning facts. More
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