The homebuilder Del Webb, a PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) brand, has broken ground on a new 55+ community in the Austin suburb of Bastrop, Texas. Del Webb Lost Pines will be located within The Colony, a master-planned community. The first phase of construction will...
The board of commissioners of Georgia’s Fulton County is proposing a 12.5% hike in property taxes to cover the costs of funding the county jail. Atlanta First News reports the proposal involved an increase in the millage rate by one point to 9.87 mills, which would be...
This week’s edition of Tech Trends offers four new solutions designed to make life easier for home sellers, property managers, and real estate investors. A New Way to Sell Canadian Homes. Hyyve, a new platform for Canadian home sellers, has launched in Toronto....
Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) have gained in popularity among borrowers seeking home loans from large banks, according to a new data report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Conventional ARMs accounted for 25.1% of large bank first mortgage...
After five weeks in decline, mortgage rates were on the rise in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.72% as of July 10, up from last week when it averaged 6.67%. A year ago at this...
Here is some news that will not inspire optimism at Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) – a new survey nearly half (49%) of Americans feel short-term rentals should be banned entirely in residential areas. The survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Clever Real Estate’s Anytime...
