In an attempt to reanimate a struggling re-election campaign that has been burdened by calls from within his party to step aside, President Biden is trying to shift his campaign’s focus to the challenges facing the housing market by calling for new federal rent...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has given its support to several strategies proposed last week by the Biden administration to address the need to expand affordable housing opportunities. NAR specifically praised the proposal for a new Department of the...
Pending home sales were down by 2.1% in May from April, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Year-over-year, pending sales were down by 6.6%. Last month, NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) – a forward-looking indicator of home...
A new data study is predicting more than three-quarters of brokerages could become unprofitable if the industry fails to transform their operations once the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement changes how commissions are structured. The study by...
Disappointing housing and personal finance data reports, an unlikely business enjoying property tax breaks and a land transfer that rights a historic wrong. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of June 17-21. Miss:...