Pending home sales were up by 3.3% in November from the prior month and up by 2.6% from one year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). On a regional measurement, pending home sales were up month-over-month and year-over-year in the...
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner declined to endorse President Trump’s proposal of a 50-year mortgage plan to help reanimate the housing market, stating the idea needed to be studied further before being put forth as a solution to the...
James Fishback, the CEO of the investment firm Azoria who is seeking the Republican nomination to become governor of Florida, has proposed divesting the state’s investment in Israeli government bonds and using the fund to provide down payment assistance to married...
Washington Lt. Gov. Denny Heck has put forth a unique proposal to address the state’s housing shortage – repurpose vacant strip malls and big box stores as housing. The state’s 2025 operating budget assigned Heck the task of identifying the possibility of using...
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) has allocated more than $6.3 million to support five new housing developments that will create 521 workforce housing units in communities across the state. According to an announcement from the office of...
FBI Director Kash Patel announced his agency has finalized the relocation from its longtime headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC. Last July, the agency announced it was relocating to Ronald Reagan Building complex in Washington. On Dec. 26,...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 23-27
