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Proposition 4: Juneau voters will decide whether to repeal mandatory disclosure of real estate prices
Source: KTOO --- This question asks voters to repeal measures the Juneau Assembly adopted in 2020 and this past February that mandate sharing real estate sales prices with the city assessor’s office. The assessor’s job is to determine the fair market value of every...
Los Angeles agencies returned $150 million in federal funds to house homeless people
Source: LA Times --- Nearly $150 million worth of federal grants to the three main housing agencies working to reduce homelessness in Greater Los Angeles went unspent between 2015 and 2020, as the number of unhoused people soared. Instead of being used to address...
Thousands could miss out on mortgages due to rising energy costs – research
Source: Mortgage Introducer --- A recent study has shown that the rising cost of energy could lead to thousands of applicants missing out on mortgages due to its impact on their affordability. Data analysis by Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that while three in...
Bank statement loans: Mortgage lenders and requirements
Source: The Mortgage Reports --- Where can I find a bank statement loan? The home loan process looks a little different when you have self-employed income. Traditional home loans are an option, but some self-employed borrowers prefer bank statement loans, which...
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Taller Towers, Fewer Homes
Source: New York Times --- In New York City, where space is at a premium, developers tear down residential buildings to create new ones that climb higher and higher into the sky — projects that could create thousands of apartments to help alleviate the city’s...
These are the 10 fastest-cooling real estate markets in the US
Source: The Hill --- The real estate market is cooling fastest primarily among West Coast cities already hit by the lingering affordability crisis, with Seattle leading the way, according to a new analysis. An analysis from the real estate firm Redfin ranked the...
Powell warns of a correction in the once ‘red-hot’ housing market
Source: Boston --- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that the US housing market is likely to suffer a reversal in the wake of policymakers’ interest-rate hikes. “We’ve had a time of a red-hot housing market all over the country,” Powell said in a press...
US ‘housing recession’ could send prices 20% lower by mid-2023: economist
Source: New York Post --- US home prices are now “clearly falling” and could plummet by as much as 20% by mid-2023 as the Fed continues its aggressive push to hike interest rates, according to a prominent economist. Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon...
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Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Buy Real Estate And Most Other Investors Shouldn’t Either
Source: Yahoo --- Warren Buffett’s long-term investment strategy has proven to be successful through virtually all market conditions over the past several decades – recession, high inflation and deflation. If there’s one thing that’s made Buffett one of the most...
The Fed to reset the U.S. housing market through a ‘difficult correction’—5 things to know about the plan
Source: Fortune --- Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters back in June that spiking mortgage rates would see the Pandemic Housing Boom fizzle out. In the eyes of Powell, that would be a good thing. “I’d say if you are a homebuyer, somebody or a young person looking...
Home prices keep rising amid a seller’s housing market. So why has new homebuilding hit a crawl?
Source: USA Today --- By many accounts, we are still in a seller’s market. Home prices continue to rise in nearly all of the U.S. even as mortgage rates climb ever higher. Inventory levels – typically used by housing economists to gauge whether the market is favoring...
How Real Estate Investors Can Leverage CRMs to Identify Investment Goals
Source: EisnerAmper --- Introduction Real estate investors in today’s market are looking for properties that meet an exceedingly diverse set of characteristics. Listing websites and aggregators have brought new transparency to property data and investors expect to...
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