Pending home sales were on the rise in February, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last month, NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) grew 2.0% to 72.0 in February; an index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001....
While the US and Canada advance to the start of a new trade war, a real estate investment trust that owns and operates 218 self-storage facilities in the two countries has launched an underwritten public offering. SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc. has filed a...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking to vacate its $105,000 settlement of redlining charges against nonbank mortgage lender and broker Townstone Financial Inc. The settlement followed a protracted litigation that began in 2020 under the first...
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced residency requirements for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgages were changed to eliminate the “non-permanent residents” category from the Title I and Title II programs. In a...
Major expenses on median-priced homes currently consume 32% of the average national wage, according to the First Quarter US Home Affordability Report published by ATTOM. That share is nearly unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2024 and up by about one percentage...
