Key takeaways Economists are confident that the housing market is not going to crash. Instead, it’s undergoing a correction that will likely take many years. Home prices have continued to climb even as sales activity has slowed, largely due to an inventory shortage – not a bubble waiting to burst. L

Commercial banks have increasingly tapped the Federal Home Loan Bank System for liquidity as rising Treasury yields have made the market for deposits more competitive.

Almost all of the problems with marketing services agreements stem from hiring the wrong attorney, said Marx Sterbcow, a mortgage compliance expert.