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8.18.26 Servicing Disasters; Yardi's Doug Ressler on Home Ownership Trends; Fed on Hold
Extreme weather patterns are increasingly shifting where property and insurance risks are concentrated, with drought worsening in the West and Midwest while tornado activity moves eastward into more populated states such as Illinois, raising damage and insurance costs and potentially reducing the value of mortgage servicing rights in higher-risk markets. Robbie interviews Yardi’s Doug Ressler on affordability-driven housing demand, favoring markets where housing costs, jobs and migration align and challenging lenders and the mortgage industry to rethink traditional paths to homeownership. And…
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