An outrageous claim to a landmark property, an overlap of real estate and politics, and a tuneful agent begins his new job. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of May 20-24. Miss: Beyond Belief. The weirdest real...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Earlier this month, Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill stated the reason that rents were so high in his country was not because of elevated interest rates, but because of “quite large increases in immigration” – net migration broke a record in...
Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit criticized the Biden administration for working against the best interests of housing market professionals, observing that “it sometimes feels like it is attacking you directly and injuring the...
A questioning of the Biden homebuyer tax credit, growing consumer delinquencies and a new movie epic with a commercial property story. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of May 13-17. Hit: Sparking a Much-Needed...
High-profile real estate investor Grant Cardone is taking President Biden to task for his proposed tax credit for first-time homebuyers. In an X posting, Cardone questioned the logic behind the $5,000 tax credit for two years, arguing that it is near-worthless in...
Small Mortgages Fall Below 3% of Originations, Exposing Rural Lending Gap
