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Christine Chandler Sworn in as Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2026 Chairperson
Chandler is the executive vice president and chief operating officer at M&T Realty Capital Corporation. Continue Reading Christine Chandler Sworn in as Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2026 Chairperson
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Oct. 13-17
Positive data on rental housing costs, a new threat to close the CFPB, and California’s housing market shows signs of vitality. Continue Reading Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Oct. 13-17
What will the 2022 housing market look like? It could ‘come back down to sanity’
Source: CNBC --- The Covid-19 pandemic upended the home-buying process. Historically-low mortgage rates coupled with an inventory shortage created a red hot market, with houses selling within hours of being listed, often for well over asking price. No one knows...
The monthly checklist real estate agents need in their lives
Source: Inman --- Boiled down, here are seven basic business hygiene tasks agents should tackle on a monthly basis, plus one additional monthly to-do that’ll keep your business moving forward.
The New Tax Bill And How It Could Impact Real Estate
Source: Forbes --- The “Build Back Better” plan initially proposed up to $3.5 trillion in spending. This figure has since been scaled back to $1.75 trillion. The new bill cut out a lot of items. However, many items such as universal free pre-k for 3- and 4-year-olds...
11 Major Real Estate Records Broken in 2021
Source: Crossroads Today --- From super-low mortgage rates to sky-high home prices, 2021 has seen a number of real estate records fall. The housing market continually outdid itself this year, seeming to set new records every month thanks to a home buying rush that...
Real estate agents enroll in self-defense after homicide
Source: WFLX --- After a Broward County real estate agent was ambushed and fatally shot last week, others in the same career field are on high alert. At a brokerage in Palm Beach Gardens, real estate agents are learning how to fight back against a possible attacker....
One year in the real estate market
Source: Spectrum News 1 --- LOS ANGELES — Spectrum News first introduced Meah Burstein, 26, and Lenard Gorokhov, 28, in July. The couple, who were newly engaged were living in Burstein’s parents’ guest house and had decided to forgo a big wedding in order to save up...
2022 Predictions: Real Estate Bubbles And More SPACs?
Source: Forbes --- At long last, 2021 is drawing to a close, and the new year is right around the corner. This past year brought a return to stadiums for college football and a new era of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals, the delta and omicron variants, surging...
How Maine’s 2021 population spike impacted the state’s real estate
Source: WGME --- Since the pandemic started, Maine's population has jumped thousands with more than 16,000 people in 2020 and an additional 10,000 people in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. "Maine is on the map," Aaron Bolster, the 2021 president of the...
Real estate shock or a big nothing? Experts debate what rising mortgage rates will mean for the 2022 housing market
Source: Fortune --- Federal Reserve officials were confident through the summer that spiking prices would reverse as the economy worked through supply and demand shocks caused by the pandemic. But that "transitory" narrative has been all but abandoned this month...
From real estate to inflation, here’s what to expect from the economy in 2022
Source: NBC News --- After a second consecutive year in which the word “unprecedented” did more than its fair share of narrative heavy lifting, economists are looking ahead to 2022 with a sense of wariness: Sharply escalating prices and the uncertain severity of the...
