The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced three initiatives focused on affordable housing creation. HUD has teamed with the U.S. Department of the Treasury on new actions designed to ensure greater interest rate certainty for state and...
New data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) determined that 199 out of 223 metro markets, or 89%, recorded home price gains in the second quarter as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate ranged from 6.82% to 7.22%. NAR added that 13% of the 223 tracked metro...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: It is extremely rare for a government agency to publish anything that is even vaguely negative in connection with green energy, which makes last Thursday’s announcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding solar financing...
The percentage of new single-family homes constructed in the range of 1,600 to 3,000 square feet is tracking closely with the share of buyers seeking homes of that size, according to a data study from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the U.S....
A new study from Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) found 33.2% of rental listings on the Zillow platform offer concessions such as free weeks of rent or free parking as an incentive to attractive prospective tenants. This is up slightly from 33% in June and 25.4% one year...