Mortgage applications for new home purchases in June inched up 0.7% year-over-year but dropped by 16% month-over-month, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). MBA estimated new single-family home sales were running at a seasonally adjusted...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has partnered with three nonprofits – San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, Sobrato Philanthropies, and Destination: Home – to launch the new Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund with the goal of originating targeted loans to advance affordable...
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) (NYSE:RY) has launched a multi-million-dollar plan to retrofit its Canadian network of 1,200 branches, with the goal of eliminating 10,000 tons of onsite carbon emissions from its operational footprint. In the first phase of this endeavor,...
House Analytics, an Atlanta-headquartered provider of commercial real estate analytics solutions, has named Natalie Cheney as its new CEO. Cheney was previously CEO of MemberSuite Inc., having previously served as the company’s chief operating officer and chief...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a “formal inquiry” into the California Association of Realtors (CAR) in response to a consumer group’s complaint about the organization’s contracts and forms. According to the Orange County Register, the...
NHP Foundation, a provider of quality affordable housing, has acquired New Port Antonio, a historic Section 8 property in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This acquisition is one of the largest transactions by the foundation and was financed through the assumption of an...
