Home equity levels remain high even as price appreciation has cooled
The average U.S. mortgage holder has more than $300,000 in home equity, a figure that’s up significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as national equity levels now stand at $17.5 trillion. That’s according to Cotality’s second-quarter 2025 home equity report released on Friday. The repor
Ohio property tax debate intensifies
Efforts to abolish or deeply reform property taxes are gaining momentum in multiple states — including Ohio — where impassioned debate has cited potential funding shortfalls for local services, seniors being prices out of homes and further effects on the housing market. Howard Fleeter, an economist
Waters urges Fed independence, FHFA probe in Trump-Cook fight
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent two letters this week that seek investigations into actions by President Donald Trump at the Federal Reserve. One letter was sent to John Allen, the acting inspector general of the Federal Housin
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