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Report: Community Bank Earnings to Drop By 12% Year-Over-Year
The report opined that community bank earnings will improve in 2025. Continue Reading Report: Community Bank Earnings to Drop By 12% Year-Over-Year
Dan Flavin, Louisiana Realtor and Lawmaker, Dies at 67
Flavin served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2005. Continue Reading Dan Flavin, Louisiana Realtor and Lawmaker, Dies at 67
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Scott Sellers to Replace Bill Ackman as Howard Hughes Holdings Chairman
Pershing Square Partner Ben Hakim is being nominated to replace Ackman on the board. Continue Reading Scott Sellers to Replace Bill Ackman as Howard Hughes Holdings Chairman
Garry Marsoubian Appointed CEO at MLS Now
Marsoubian previously held executive positions at Greater Tulsa MLS and Bright MLS. Continue Reading Garry Marsoubian Appointed CEO at MLS Now
KeyBank in New Partnership to Increase Investment in Underserved Communities
KeyBank will provide $17 million to fund grants, down payment assistance, fee waivers, product and branch expansion and marketing. Continue Reading KeyBank in New Partnership to Increase Investment in Underserved Communities
Inside the government’s feeble fight to end redlining
Source: Housing Wire --- Redlining is a five-alarm word in the lexicon of American racism, but it really has a quite specific definition: The denying of credit in non-white, particularly Black neighborhoods. The federal government was for redlining before it was...
Should You Waive Contingencies To Win a Home? 4 Situations When It Might Be OK
Source: Realtor --- This is not an easy time for homebuyers. Simply put, housing inventory is at historic lows and home prices are at historic highs, resulting in one of the most competitive times to buy a house ever. This red-hot market has prompted many buyers to go...
How Skyrocketing Gas Prices Affect the Real Estate Market
Source: The Motley Fool --- Inflation's impact on energy costs was already being felt before the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but now new sanctions restricting the exportation of fuel are exacerbating the problem and causing gas prices to soar. While it may not seem like...
Condo Prices Jump to Record High as Buyers Seek Relative Affordability
Source: Redfin --- The typical U.S. condo sold for a record $319,000 in February, up 14.6% from a year earlier and 22.7% from two years earlier, just before the pandemic began. Condos are in demand partly because they’re a comparatively affordable option amid...
A decade’s difference: How the ordeal of buying a home in Nashville has changed
Source: Nashville Business Journals --- With rising prices, dwindling inventory and a seemingly endless supply of new arrivals, prospective homebuyers have reshaped the landscape of Music City’s housing market. Here's how the market has changed in the last decade. ...
What You Need To Know if You’re Thinking About Building a Home
Source: Keeping Current Matters --- If you’re ready to move up, you may be trying to decide whether you want to buy a home that’s already on the market or build a new one. And since the supply of homes available for sale today is low, you’re willing to consider either...
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[Generational Study] Who Can Afford the Median Home in the 100 Largest U.S. Counties?
Source: Point 2 Homes --- Making resolutions and manifesting a better future is all the rage around this time of year. However, the goal of becoming a homeowner is more about cold, hard, financial facts than the ability to channel the universe’s benevolent energy. And...
3 Things Most People Don’t Know About Real Estate Investing
Source:Nasdaq --- any people are familiar with the concept of buying stocks. But real estate investing is a whole different world -- and one that a lot of folks have yet to dabble in. The reality, though, is that investing in real estate is a great way to diversify...
More awful news for homebuyers: Mortgage rates just made the biggest jump this century
Source: Fortune --- Historically low rates were nice while they lasted. In another hit to prospective homebuyers, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 4.42% this week, up 1.31 percentage points from three months ago, according to Freddie Mac. That's the largest...
Mortgage Rates Keep Rising Faster Than Experts Expected. That Makes It Even More Important for Homebuyers to Shop Around
Source: Time --- Things got tougher for homebuyers this week as mortgage rates continued to rise more quickly than experts expected. The average 30-year fixed rate was 4.59% this week, a rise of 19 basis points from a week earlier. Rates were below 4% just three...
