Western Governors University (WGU), a private online university based in Millcreek, Utah, has announced plans to develop a new headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City. According to the school, the new headquarters will largely span the block between West Temple and...
A developer is proposing the transformation of the mostly vacant former Brooklyn headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization into multifamily housing. The Gothamist reports CIM Group is seeking to transition the office buildings into a 661-unit...
The New York City-based start-up BOOSTzer.com has launched lead generation platform designed to connect real estate investors, wholesalers and flippers with home sellers actively seeking cash offers in off-market transactions. According to the company, sellers are...
Single-family housing starts in January were at a rate of 935,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 2.8% below the revised December figure of 962,000. Privately-owned housing starts in January...
Mortgage rates climbed in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.11% as of March 12, up from last week when it averaged 6.00%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.65%. The 15-year...
The US Senate voted 89-10 to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan bill designed to address the challenges facing the housing market. However, leaders within the housing industry offered a mixed response to the bill’s contents and goals. The...
