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Survey: Staff retention tops list of 2021 lender concerns
Source: Scotsman Guide --- New data from The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC) revealed that personnel retention tops the concerns of mortgage lenders in 2021. According to the organization’s inaugural “The Pulse of the Mortgage Industry” survey, retention of current staff...
Tax bills show how much Covid devalued NYC real estate
Source: The Real Deal--- The pandemic hit the commercial real estate market hard. Property tax bills now reveal just how hard. New York City expects property tax revenue to drop by $1.6 billion, or 5 percent, in the coming fiscal year, Bloomberg News reported. That’s...
Las Vegas Area Home Prices Set New Record in May
Source: The World Property Journal --- Las Vegas Realtors are reporting this week that the median price of existing single-family homes sold in Southern Nevada during May 2021 was $385,000. That tops the all-time record set in April. May's median home price is up...
Luxury Home Sales Surge Twice as Fast as Mid-Priced Homes in U.S.
Source: The World Property Journal --- According to national property broker Redfin, purchases of high-end homes in the U.S. jumped 26% year over year during the three months ending April 30, 2021. That's compared to the 17.8% gain in purchases of affordable homes and...
Strategically Using Color to Make Your Project Pop
Source: NAHB --- An unexpected pop of color not only brings visual interest to a home but can also help achieve other design goals in strategic ways. Integrating a touch of turquoise, a spot of sienna, or a punch of pink into the color palette, for example, might help...
HUD Moves to Reinstate Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
Source: NAHB --- The Department of Housing and Urban Development will formally propose a revised version of the Obama-era Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule in the Federal Register tomorrow and seek to have the rule officially go into effect on July 31,...
