The US House of Representatives voted 263-147 to pass HR 5184, the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (Affordable HOMES) Act. The bill repeals a 2022 Department of Energy rule that placed site-built housing standards on manufactured homes. The bill...
Florida dominated the luxury real estate market in December, with six of the 10 priciest home sales of the month originating in the Sunshine State. According to data from Redfin, the month’s most expensive sale – a five-acre compound in coastal Miami – was also the...
The ranking member of the House of Representatives’ Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance is finding fault with President Trump’s proposal to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. In an interview with the Washington Examiner,...
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) is advertising for a new executive director. The contract for the current executive director, Caster Binion, expires at the end of March. Binion has been at his job for more than 10 years and expressed an interest...
December’s existing home sales were up by 5.1% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.35 million, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Compared to one year earlier, sales were up by 1.4% Month-over-month sales...
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte has made an unsubtle threat against home builders if they continue making stock repurchases. In a Wall Street Journal interview, Pulte accused builders of intentionally keeping home prices elevated and called...