President Trump’s recent focus on restricting large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes has sparked a new wave of questions: Who is competing for inventory? How does that competition affect affordability? And what happens if the biggest players...
The Supreme Court considers the Federal Reserve, a once-grand mall faces oblivion, and New York City’s mayor has a plumbing update. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 19-23. Miss: The Justices Are Not...
President Trump is rejecting a proposal raised by his administration that would have enabled homebuyers to use money from their 401(k) accounts to finance down payments. The Hill reports National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett previewed the proposal last week...
Realtor.com has rolled out the Realtor.com+ home search platform designed in collaboration with multiple listing services (MLSs). According to the company, the new platform enables professionals to search with MLS filters, share listings and chat with clients, and...
Kentucky recorded a total of 3,880 homes sold during December, a 14.5% increase from the prior month and a 6.2% rise from one year earlier. According to data from Kentucky Realtors, last month’s 3,501 new listings represented a 28.9% decline from November, but it was...
President Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte have renewed their attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Mortgage Rates just hit a Three Year Low despite Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, and his...
