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Another Leadership Turnover at Jacksonville Housing Authority
Roslyn Mixon-Phillips was approved by the agency’s board of commissioners. Continue Reading Another Leadership Turnover at Jacksonville Housing Authority
Steve Fritzer Named Director of Development at Venterra Realty
“Steve’s appointment marks a significant milestone for Venterra as we expand our residential product line,” said CEO John Foresi. Continue Reading Steve Fritzer Named Director of Development at Venterra Realty
From Boardwalk to Quahog – The Op Games Releases Monopoly: Family Guy Edition
Players can choose from six collectible tokens including Rupert and Evil Monkey. Continue Reading From Boardwalk to Quahog – The Op Games Releases Monopoly: Family Guy Edition
Colorado Community College to Offer Online Introduction to 3D Homebuilding
The 30-hour certificate course carries a $250 tuition. Continue Reading Colorado Community College to Offer Online Introduction to 3D Homebuilding
FHLBank Dallas Launches $1 Million Fund for Tribal Housing
“Our District has about 30 federally recognized tribes,” said FHLBank Dallas’ Greg Hettrick, Continue Reading FHLBank Dallas Launches $1 Million Fund for Tribal Housing
The U.S. Needs More Housing Than Almost Anyone Can Imagine
Source: The Atlantic --- How many homes must the United States’ expensive coastal cities build to become affordable for middle-class and working-poor families again? Over the past few weeks, I asked a number of housing experts that question. I expected a...
October Was a Spooky Month for the U.S. Housing Market
Source: Mansion Global --- Would-be buyers are turning their backs on the turbulent U.S. housing market in droves, according to new data released from Redfin on Monday. The number of pending sales, the amount of deals being scrapped and the proportion of homes seeing...
Mortgage demand rises 2.2% as interest rates decline slightly
Source: CNBC --- Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week compared with the previous week, prompted by a slight decline in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance applications, which are usually most...
Reverse mortgages explained
Source: Observer Reporter --- Q. With reference to a recent column in which the reader said she had lost her home to a reverse mortgage, there are two primary ways this can happen, and I want to explain how to avoid this so that it never happens to any other reader....
mortgages Zero-down loans for homebuyers preparing to go expansion route
Source: Insurance News Net --- Nearly a year into a special lending program aimed at underserved homebuyers, the initiative is soon to expand from a few banks to mainstream, nonbanking lenders. Could these good intentions be the beginning of our next lending debacle?”...
Mortgage rates just took the biggest plunge since 1981 — but analysts say the market is ‘not out of the woods yet’
Source: Yahoo! Finance --- Mortgage rates tumbled by their biggest weekly drop in four decades after new data suggested inflation could be starting to cool. Consumer prices rose by 7.7% in October — a slower pace than economists predicted — and the average rate on a...
One-Third of Recent Homebuyers Still Don’t ‘Shop Around’ for Mortgages
Source: Fannie Mae --- For potential homebuyers, obtaining multiple mortgage quotes may not be as exciting as searching for the physical home itself, but research has shown that "shopping around" with different lenders for the best possible mortgage terms can result...
House prices might plunge 20% in the hottest US markets – and the slump could hammer the wider economy, top investor says
Source: Markets Insider --- House prices could plummet 20% in some US cities as soaring mortgage rates scare off buyers, Peter Boockvar has said. Bleakley Advisory's chief investor endorsed the Dallas Federal Reserve's grim forecast in a CNBC interview on Wednesday....
If you think it’s a bad time for mortgages, think again
Source: MPA Magazine --- Like so many others in the mortgage industry, Lamont Harris Jr (pictured), didn’t always think about working in real estate. In fact, he once harbored ambitions of becoming a professional actor after dropping out of college. “I went to...
Mortgage Rates Might Have Peaked, Experts Say. What That Means for You
Source: NextAdvisor --- Mortgage rates have doubled since the start of 2022, slamming the breaks on a superheated housing market. But is 7% as high as they’re going to go? Maybe. “We probably have seen peak mortgage rates unless there is some other major shock to the...
