Following the trend of mid-month increases in forbearance volumes that have taken place since the recovery began, the number of mortgages in active forbearance rose by 15,000 (+0.06) since last Tuesday, according to recent data from Black Knight.

President Joe Biden has moved to prolong mortgage forbearance for another six months and extend the foreclosure moratorium until June 30. So reports CNBC.

Sales of existing homes totaled 5.64 million units last year, the highest since 2006. So reports CNBC.