Mortgage application activity slowed for the fourth consecutive week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) measuring the week ending Oct. 17. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, dipped by 0.3% on...
Seventy new down payment assistance programs were launched across the country during the third quarter, according to a new data report from Down Payment Resource (DPR). This brings the total number of active assistance programs nationwide to 2,624. More than 2,000...
The city government for Charlotte, North Carolina, has selected 12 faith-based organizations to participate in a new affordable housing development initiative. The Charlotte Observer reports the city’s Faith in Housing initiative will provide the religious groups with...
META Development announced that sales on its latest project, Colette Residences in Miami’s South Brickell neighborhood, will begin on Nov. 12. The five-story, 38-unit property is being promoted as a “boutique residence” featuring two- to four-bedroom layouts with...
A new survey of American millennials found 58% of respondents feeling that their tight financial state is forcing them to choose between homeownership and retirement security. The Harris Poll survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute found more than one-third (35%)...
The investment and development firm HIC Land and homebuilder D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) have broken ground on Carolina Station, a $36 million, 2,600-acre master-planned community at Hardeeville, South Carolina. The community, to be located along US Highway 278, will...