Kentucky recorded 4,581 home sales in August, a 4.23% decline from the prior month but also a 5.9% year-over-year increases. According to data from Kentucky Realtors, the state recorded 6,320 new listings last month, an 8.71% decline from July and a 0.8% uptick from...
A new report from Redfin has identified Santa Barbara, California, as the priciest housing market among the nation’s 50 biggest college towns. Santa Barbara is home to the University of California, Santa Barbara. The current median home sale price for this market is...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed an Executive Order designed to offer $20 million in property tax relief to the state’s households. Pillen cited an increase in casino gambling revenue and unused money remaining in the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund and the School...
Mortgage application activity surged during the week ending Sept. 12 thanks to an upswing in refinancing, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, spiked by 29.7%...
Single-family housing starts in August were at a rate of 890,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This marked a 7% drop from the revised July figure of 957,000. Privately-owned housing starts in August...
The leadership of the Congressional Real Estate Caucus have introduced a new bill that seeks to address the nation’s housing affordability challenges. The bipartisan Saving the American Dream Act will create an interagency task force to confront issues including...
Massachusetts High Court Upholds Transit-Zoning Mandate for 177 Communities
