Although mortgage rates are climbing to a vertigo-inducing 8% level and home prices remain at historic highs, Americans are out buying new single-family houses with gusto. According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
The long-running animated television series “Family Guy” had fun with reverse mortgages in general and the American Advisors Group advertisements featuring Tom Selleck in particular on its latest episode that aired Sunday night on Fox. In the episode, the perennially...
The federal banking regulators are completing an update to a Carter administration-era legislation designed to erase redlining and secure more lending in lower-income neighborhoods by banks. The Federal Reserve voted six to one today to complete the updating of the...
A down payment on a home across the nation’s 50 largest metros averages $84,499, according to a new study from LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE). This sum is slightly lower than the average of $84,983 recorded one year earlier. LendingTree noted that none of the 50 largest...
Alpine Start Development (ASD), a Dallas-based family-owned real estate development and investment firm, has unveiled “Range West,” a 261-unit garden-style apartment community located on 11 acres in Saginaw, Texas, a short drive North from downtown Fort...
The BayPort Foundation, the philanthropic arm of BayPort Credit Union, has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg and Newport News Shipbuilding to co-sponsor a 3D-printed home in the southeast neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. The...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 15-19
