Bob Broeksmit is president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This column is edited and adapted from prepared remarks delivered today at the MBA’s 2024 Annual Convention and Expo in Denver. While the rest of the country is anxious about the...
The crossroads of politics and real estate, a new wave of restaurant closings and rats ruling in Chicago. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Oct. 21-25. Miss: Getting Data on Migrant Housing. Earlier this week,...
Former President Donald Trump pledged to lower the cost of homebuying by cutting away at the regulatory burdens faced by homebuilders. During a town hall meeting in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening, an audience member who identified himself as a single father and...
Housing on the debate stage, FEMA in a financial hole and a rapper’s heavily discounted home sale. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. Hit: Talking About Housing. Congratulations to CBS News...
The challenges facing the housing market were among the issues raised during Tuesday evening’s debate between the two major vice-presidential candidates, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). Walz advocated for the “bold forward plan that Kamala Harris put...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
