The Maui County government has donated seven lots in Kahului to a local nonprofit for the creation of affordable housing. According to Hawaii Public Radio, the donation is part of 19 lots in a 1.5-acre parcel at Maui Lani that the county authorized to give to the...
The longtime New York City home of four-time Oscar-winning actress Katharine Hepburn has been listed for $7.2 million. The New York Post reported the 164-year-old five-story townhouse in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood was acquired by Hepburn in 1931, who owned it...
More than 32.7 million residential properties from Texas to Maine are at risk of moderate or severe damage sustained from hurricane-force winds during this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season, according to the 2024 Hurricane Risk Report published by CoreLogic. The depth...
The national median payment applied for by purchase applicants inched up by 2.5% in April to $2,256 from $2,201 in March, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Purchase Applications Payment Index. Compared to one year ago, the payment level was...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has begun a public inquiry into mortgage closing costs, claiming that so-called “junk fees” are inflating these costs. The agency issued a request for information regarding which fees are subject to competition, how fees...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, led a coalition of the Committee’s Republican members and 23 members of the House Financial Services to express concern over the proposal to allow Freddie Mac (OTCBQ:FMCC) to purchase and...
