Mortgage application activity slowed down for the week ending Oct. 11, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 17% on both a seasonally adjusted and...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Dark clouds have formed around the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy, with many prominent figures within the real estate industry calling for it to be jettisoned. However, it seems like an equal number of prominent...
The retailer Spirit Halloween is seeking to expand its pop-up retail operations beyond Oct. 31 with a pilot program offering new Spirit Christmas pop-up stores. Bisnow.com reports the company is planning to operate 10 Spirit Christmas stores in the Northeast with four...
True Value Company LLC announced that it filed for bankruptcy and will sell its business operations to home improvement industry peer Do it Best Corp. The company will continue its day-to-day operations serving 4,500 independently owned retailers, and none of the...
Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) announced it plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years. CEO Tim Wentworth announced in June that the financially struggling company was reviewing roughly one-quarter of its roughly 8,600 locations and could close a...
The number of homes for sale climbed for the seventh consecutive month, according to the latest national housing report from RE/MAX LLC, a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX). The new data from the 52 metro areas surveyed by RE/MAX found housing inventory...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 11-15
