The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released an advisory opinion and research report highlighting predatory lending concerns related to contract-for-deed home selling. In a press statement, the CFPB warned that contract-to-deed transactions “often have...
California’s housing affordability during the second quarter sank to its lowest levels in nearly 17 years due to elevated home prices and mortgage rates, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR). The second quarter’s level was less...
The median asking rent declined year-over-year across all bedroom counts in July, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This marks the first occurrence for across-the-board rent declines since June 2020. Median asking rents for 0- to 1-bedroom apartments...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced three initiatives focused on affordable housing creation. HUD has teamed with the U.S. Department of the Treasury on new actions designed to ensure greater interest rate certainty for state and...
New data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) determined that 199 out of 223 metro markets, or 89%, recorded home price gains in the second quarter as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate ranged from 6.82% to 7.22%. NAR added that 13% of the 223 tracked metro...
A new bill in the California legislature could create a three-month time limit on the homebuyer agent contracts required under the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement. The San Jose Mercury-News reported Assembly Bill 2992 would require the contracts...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
