The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) issued the following statement in response to the Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) announcement to reduce the annual mortgage insurance premium on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured loans. ...
Zonda, an advisor in the housing industry, released the New Home Market Update report for January 2023. So far, most builders report a stronger than expected start to the year. There are pockets of outperformance where some communities are exceeding sales seen...
Curbio, Inc., a pay-at-closing home improvement tool for the real estate industry, announced the launch of its new mobile app. The app allows real estate agents and home sellers to get estimates for pre-listing home improvement costs and projected ROI. Agents and...
Source: Upstate Business Journal — When Mark Cothran was 6 years old, his father Al, a former Air Force and commercial airline pilot, was killed in a training crash at an Army helicopter school in Texas. Years later, Al’s younger brother, John, gave Mark what...
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), has announced a 30-basis-point reduction to the annual mortgage insurance premiums (annual MIP) charged to homebuyers who obtain an FHA-insured mortgage....
Source: FloodList — A recent study has found that the housing market in the USA is overvalued by as much as $237 billion due to unpriced flood risk. The increasing cost of flooding under climate change has led to growing concerns that housing markets are...