Mortgage applications were down slightly in the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) covering the week ending March 29. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, was down by 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted...
Our Person of the Week spotlight is focused on the Sunshine State as we discuss Florida’s housing market with David Druey, the Florida regional president at Centennial Bank. How would you describe today’s housing market in Florida? For the state as a whole, we...
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) announced the first four homebuilders for the launch of Teravalis, the company’s new 37,000-acre community in Arizona’s Phoenix West Valley. Brightland Homes, Courtland Communities, KB Home and Lennar will build the initial...
Millennials and baby boomers are the dominant forces in the U.S. housing market, according to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) newly published “2024 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report.” Millennial buyers accounted for 38% of buyers, the...
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has introduced the Government Facilities to Affordable Housing Conversion Act, a new bill designed to support the conversion of unused and underutilized federal, state, and local government-owned buildings into affordable housing units. If...
The California Dream for All program, a loan application for first-time home buyers, will allocate $250 million its second annual round beginning on April 3. According to a KQED report, last year’s inaugural cohort allocated roughly $300 million of funding within 11...