Guest Opinion: The Heavy Regulatory Burden Placed on Home Builders
This is article is adapted from recent written testimony presented before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance by Alicia Huey, 2023 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Home Builders and a...
Guest Opinion: How the Fed Impacts the Housing Market
In the wake of the pandemic, one word has remained top of mind for the Federal Reserve: inflation. While headline PCE inflation has come down from its peak of 7% last year, it is still running at 5% year-over-year — way above the Fed’s long-run target of 2% annually....
Guest Opinion: What are Income-Producing Farms and How Do They Work?
Recent years have seen a surge in interest in alternative asset classes for investment, as many investors shy away from the volatility of the stock market in search of other forms of investing that offer better — and perhaps safer — returns. Many alternative...
Guest Opinion: The Realtors’ View of the Current Mortgage Market
It’s no secret that today’s housing market poses a number of obstacles to purchasing a home. Interest rates have risen nearly three percentage points over the last year. Inflation has cooled but remains high. And housing affordability and housing availability remain...
Guest Opinion: How to Help Your Client Close the Deal When Mortgage Rates Climb
Remember those days of multiple offers? Lines of buyers outside the door of your latest listing? Those days are over in most markets as mortgage rates steadily test the 7% level and buyers grow increasingly skittish about a recession. But you have a listing that has...
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