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A Rising Star

A Rising Star

by | Apr 27, 2022

Source: Housing Wire --- When it comes to commercial real estate, the post-pandemic economy has grounded some asset classes while others are now rising stars. Multifamily and industrial are two sectors proving especially resilient to recent economic hardships....

How Homeownership Can Help Shield You from Inflation

How Homeownership Can Help Shield You from Inflation

by | Apr 27, 2022

Source: Keeping Current Matters --- If you’re following along with the news today, you’ve likely heard about rising inflation. You’re also likely feeling the impact in your day-to-day life as prices go up for gas, groceries, and more. These rising consumer costs can...

Americans Are Buying Smaller Homes as Prices Skyrocket

Americans Are Buying Smaller Homes as Prices Skyrocket

by | Apr 24, 2022

Source: Redfin --- Americans are buying smaller homes than they were at the height of the pandemic. The typical U.S. home that went under contract in March was 1,720 square feet, down 1.8% from 1,751 square feet the same time last year and roughly the same size as the...

Russian threat keeps mortgage cybersecurity experts on alert

Russian threat keeps mortgage cybersecurity experts on alert

by | Apr 24, 2022

Source: National Mortgage News --- Russia’s hostilities in Ukraine have already impacted the U.S. housing market and as the war goes on, the mortgage industry’s cybersecurity experts are bracing for tests of their defenses. The uncertainty caused by the initial...

U.S. Property Foreclosures Spike 132 Percent Annually

U.S. Property Foreclosures Spike 132 Percent Annually

by | Apr 24, 2022

Source: World Property Journal --- Foreclosures increase in all 50 States in early 2022 According to ATTOM's newly released Q1 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were 78,271 U.S. properties with a foreclosure filing during the first quarter of 2022, up 39...

Mortgage rates just hit a 12-year high

Mortgage rates just hit a 12-year high

by | Apr 22, 2022

Source: CNN---  Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, reaching their highest level in more than a decade. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.11% in the week ending April 21, up from 5% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is the seventh...

Relax and Recharge in Your Mental Hobby Shop

Relax and Recharge in Your Mental Hobby Shop

by | Apr 22, 2022

Most people have a place they go to or an activity they engage in that helps them move into peacefulness, serenity, and resolve. They can spend time happily away from exterior societal pressures. I refer to that state of being as their "Mental Hobby Shop," which will...