Newly built homes accounted for 28% of single-family homes for sale during the third quarter, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN). This is down from 30.5% one year earlier and the lowest share in three years. The record high for newly built single-family...
Property taxes levied on U.S. single-family homes totaled $363.3 billion in 2023, up 6.9% from $339.8 billion in 2022. According to data from ATTOM, the increase was almost double the 3.6% growth rate in 2022 and was the largest in the past five years. ATTOM also...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes inched up by three points to 37 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Housing Market Index (HMI). This uptick ends a four-month decline for...
New legislation introduced by Democrats in both chambers of Congress seeks to prevent hedge funds from purchasing single-family homes. The End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act of 2023 was presented in the House by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) and in the Senate by...
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has increased the allowable property inspection fee limits for property inspections of single-family homes associated with defaulted FHA-insured mortgages. The inspections are used in a servicer’s preservation and protection of...
Small Mortgages Fall Below 3% of Originations, Exposing Rural Lending Gap
