The California Supreme Court ruled that the City of Huntington Beach must approve plans for residences that low-income people could afford. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the city argued the decision to build a specific amount and type of housing belongs to local...
Mortgage rates ticked up slightly in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.22% as of Dec. 11, up from last week when it averaged 6.19%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.60%....
Fort Point Real Estate Partners, a San Francisco–based real estate investment firm, announced its official launch with the assembly of a 40-building portfolio of residential and mixed-use properties across San Francisco. The portfolio was aggregated over the last 12...
The Boston City Council voted unanimously raise residential property taxes by 13% for 2026. Property taxes cover more than 70% of the city’s $4.8 billion budget. WBUR reports the City Council’s vote this marks the second straight year double-digit tax increases for...
A total of 72,217 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped in the third quarter, accounting for 6.8% of home sales between July and September. According to data from ATTOM, the number of flips nationwide was down quarter-over-quarter (from 79,335 in the...
Closed sales across the Mid-Atlantic region services by Bright MLS were down 4.6% year-over-year in November while new pending sales were 1.6% lower over the same period. The number of new listings coming onto the market last month was 4.4% lower compared to November...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
