A candidate for president talks about the housing market, a hospitality group does not want Los Angeles homeless people in the city’s hotels, and an old Iowa jail is up for sale. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our hits and misses for the week...
The luxury home purchased by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy following the assassination of President John. F. Kennedy will be the subject of a no-reserve auction on Oct. 24. The property is based in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., and was designated as a...
San Antonio-based USAA Federal Savings Bank has promoted Herbie Huesman to senior vice president of real estate. Huesman will report to USAA FSB President Paul Vincent and continue to be based in the company’s Tampa office. Most recently, Huesman served as the...
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage spiked again, averaging 7.49% as of Oct. 5, according to new data from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). This is up from last week when it averaged 7.31%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.66%. “Mortgage rates maintained their upward...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the challenges facing the housing market, with the candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination offering a plan to expand access to homeownership with a new program. In a video posted to his social media pages, Kennedy...
Home prices rose on an annual basis for the second consecutive month in September while the housing inventory shrank year-over-year for a third consecutive month, according to new data from Realtor.com. September’s median list price of $430,000 was down slightly from...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 11-15
