Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit is calling for a federal investigation into recent price increases for credit reporting products. In a post on LinkedIn, Broeksmit stated, “I was hoping it was April Fool’s Day, but it feels more like...
Oklahoma has become the latest state to experience an effort to eradicate property taxes. Oklahoma Voice reports paperwork was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State to launch an initiative petition that would let voters decide on the reduction and eventual...
An affordability challenge in rural America, Canadian and American renters consider the pursuit of homeownership, and Arkansas realtors helping communities facing food insecurity. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week...
The City of St. Louis, in coordination with Employment Connection, has launched the Impacted Tenants’ Fund to assist eligible city renters who have been forced to relocate if their place of residence was rendered uninhabitable either through condemnation by the City...
A new data analysis published by Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) is claiming that homes in majority-white neighborhoods in the Chicago area were more than twice as likely to be marketed through private listings than homes in predominantly minority communities. Zillow...
Wisconsin recorded 6,643 home sales during October, a 3.4% increase from the 6,426 sales from one year earlier. According to data from the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA), year-to-date home sales were up by 2.4% relative to the first 10 months of 2024. Total...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
