Source: Forbes — When most people think of construction, they think of excavators, bulldozers and a lot of dirt. They don’t think about virtual reality, lasers, laptops, robots and autonomy — technology that’s more often associated with futuristic...
Source: The Wall Street Journal — Dominic Pollock, still in his work boots, stood on the lawn of a 1960s-era three-bedroom house for sale in the former steel town of Bethlehem, Pa., 60 miles north of Philadelphia. It was listed at $250,000. “I really, really...
Source: Business Insider — The other side of the housing boom is here: home-renovation projects. As Americans were left with more time on their hands and more time in their houses, they began fulfilling their wildest HGTV fantasies. Home improvement and repair...
Source: MPA — After months of protesting his innocence, a former chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association is headed to prison for defrauding two warehouse lenders by selling more than $14 million of their loans “out of trust.” Ronald McCord, founder of...
Source: Redfin — The trend is reversed in high-tax states, where an average of 2.5 people leave for every one person who moves in. One in five homebuyers cite lower taxes as one reason for their decision to move to a different area. For states with the lowest...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 4-8
