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California Home Flipper Indicted for Defrauding Lenders Over Six Years
Steven Taylor is currently free on a $3.6 million bond. Continue Reading California Home Flipper Indicted for Defrauding Lenders Over Six Years
Lennar Begins Sales at New Community in Texas
Pricing starts in the mid $200,000s. Continue Reading Lennar Begins Sales at New Community in Texas
They Are Making More (Digital) Land — Should You Invest?
Source: Forbes --- As Will Rogers was known to have said: "Do not wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait." It has proven time and again to be true for some and, well, not so much so for others. First of all, the land was not created equal. Some have an...
Wall Street Is Muscling in on the Real Estate Market
Source: The Motley Fool --- One of the best-performing asset classes this year is residential real estate. According to most real estate indices like the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) or Case-Shiller, home price appreciation has risen by anywhere between 18.5%...
The housing market was on a wild ride this year. Here’s what to expect in 2022
Source: KSL.com --- NEW YORK — The U.S. housing market has had a white-hot year. Home sales are on track to reach the highest level in 15 years, with an estimated 6 million homes sold in 2021. But whether you benefited from this surge depended a lot on if you...
Hope for affordable housing? Single room occupancy units touted as model solution
Source: Norman Transcript --- When it comes to homelessness and affordable housing, a nonprofit has suggested Norman look to single room units modeled in Houston — an approach at least one organization has successfully implemented. U.S. Census data shows Houston is...
Millennials And Housing, Part 4: Mind The Gap: Intergenerational Housing Wars
Source: Forbes --- Our study on U.S. Millennials and their difficult path to home ownership has spotlighted the role family and older generations play in hindering—but also helping—25 to 40-year-olds in their quest to buy a home. Discussion of this issue requires both...
Returns on home flips drop to lowest level since first-quarter 2011
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Home-flipping profit margins fell to their lowest point in nearly a decade as of third-quarter 2021, according to Attom Data Solutions’ newest U.S. Home Flipping Report. From July through September, 94,766 single-family houses and...
LETTER: Offshore investors compound housing issues
Source: Vancouver Island Free Daily --- I’m not interested in the value of my home. I chose what was semi-rural because I don’t need amenities many younger people demand. My parents’ families had 3-5 kids, their parents had 10, so why can’t we find enough homes for...
Why building affordable housing in a resort community is difficult
Source: Ski-Hi News --- As Summit County and its leaders continue to puzzle out the complexity of the community’s lack of affordable housing, many community members suggest that building more units should be considered as a primary solution. But this is a convoluted...
Will Rising Conforming Mortgage Limits Cause Another Housing Crisis?
Source: Motley Fool --- Home prices have been on the rise since the start of the year, and they don't appear to be slowing down. A big reason is that low mortgage rates have fueled a surge in buyer demand. Meanwhile, limited inventory is forcing buyers to duke it out...
Paraplegic Real Estate Agent Tackles Housing Accessibility
Source: US News --- RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — William Sweeney began hatching an idea nearly 10 years ago after waking up from a medically-induced coma and learning he was a paraplegic. After various operations and months in rehabilitation, Sweeney needed a place to live...
