Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to dream big. Case in point: a fraudster was caught attempting to sell a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home on Zillow. The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, which maintains the legacy of the iconic architect, reported that a Jan. 15...
The national mortgage delinquency rate fell by 16 basis points (bps) in December to 3.68% following November’s calendar related high, according to data from ICE Mortgage Technology. This marked a 3 bps dip from December 2024 and a 26 bps decline from the December 2019...
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte accommodated President Trump’s announcement of a federal purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds by making a unilateral and unpublicized policy change that enabled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is now requiring all Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and owners participating in HUD-funded housing to immediately begin verifying the citizenship of their tenants. The new directive follows an audit that found...
Alabama recorded 5,604 home sales during December, an increase of 157 transactions from last year for a 2.9% uptick. But compared to November, sales were down by 3.0%. According to data from the Alabama Association of Realtors, the 19,808 active listings at the end of...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 23-27
