A coalition of 14 trade associations, financial institutions and government-sponsored enterprises have joined forces to create the Convergence Collaboration, a new endeavor designed to address the issues that contribute to racial disparities in homeownership. Over the...
Mortgage application activity slowed during the week ending Oct. 4, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 5.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one...
The homebuilder Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) has announced new communities planned for North Carolina and Minnesota. In North Carolina, the company acquired 2,194 homesites within the Caleb’s Creek master community in Kernersville. Spanning approximately 700...
Housing on the debate stage, FEMA in a financial hole and a rapper’s heavily discounted home sale. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. Hit: Talking About Housing. Congratulations to CBS News...
Kansas City is experiencing its first rent strike since 1980, with the KC Tenants union taking aim at properties that they claim to be uninhabitable. The Kansas City Star reports that union members at Independence Towers and Quality Hill Towers are withholding over...
Kansas home sales and home prices will be on the rise next year, according to the 2025 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast series published by the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate. The new forecast reported that home sales activity across Kansas stabilized...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 29-July 3
