For more than 60 years, home prices have raced ahead of inflation levels – and the gap has expanded considerably over the past decade. According to a new data analysis from St. Louis-based Clever Real Estate, home prices today are 24 times higher than they were in...
The Seattle-headquartered brokerage Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) has expanded its Sign & Save program to more than a dozen markets including Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego and San Francisco. According to the company, homebuyers who participate in the...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Housing affordability – or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof – has quietly become a major issue in this year’s presidential election. I am using the word “quietly” because for too long the subject has not been talked about by the White...
The head of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of being both “politically motivated” and ignorant regarding the closing costs process in homebuying. On Friday, the CFPB published a blog...
Renters in search of cost-effective housing should consider taking up residence in Idaho’s capital, according to new data published by the Waller, Weeks and Johnson Rental Index within Florida Atlantic University’s Real Estate Initiative. The new data study analyzed...
California Shuts Down Nano Banc; FDIC Estimates $114 Million Loss
