U.S. Housing Market
South Dakota Candidate for Governor Proposes 2-Year Property Tax Waiver for First-Time Homebuyers
“It’s important that the relief is fiscally responsible,” said Dusty Johnson. Continue Reading South Dakota Candidate for Governor Proposes 2-Year Property Tax Waiver for First-Time Homebuyers
FHFA’s Pulte Demands Home Builders ‘Start Building Out Their Lot Supply’
Pulte also resumed his online attacks on the Federal Reserve chairman with a post that said, “Jerome Powell should resign, immediately.” Continue Reading FHFA’s Pulte Demands Home Builders ‘Start Building Out Their Lot Supply’
Knock Closes on $100 Million Securitization
The buy-before-you-sell real estate fintech Knock announced the successful close of its inaugural $100 million securitization. According to the Atlanta-based company, the $100 million bond issuance will be used exclusively to fund Knock’s Bridge Loan products. Cantor...
Acres.com Debuts Tool to Track Residential Market Growth
The tool can identify the people behind holding companies and shell entities involved in land deals. Continue Reading Acres.com Debuts Tool to Track Residential Market Growth
New Data Reports Affirm Home Prices Are Still on the Rise
The FHFA reported second quarter house prices were up year-over-year in 46 states. Continue Reading New Data Reports Affirm Home Prices Are Still on the Rise
Texas Housing Market Recovering from Pandemic and Moving to Stabilization
Following two years of pandemic-related volatility, the Texas real estate market showed signs of stabilization in 2022, according to the 2022 Texas Real Estate Year in Review report released today by Texas Realtors. Consistent growth in sales prices throughout all...
The US housing market is in recession – and the pandemic has created a unique economic headache, elite strategist Liz Ann Sonders says
Source: Insider --- Experts are struggling to explain the US economy's stubbornly high inflation and resilient job gains during a period of surging interest rates. Liz Ann Sonders may have the answer. Charles Schwab's chief investment strategist has suggested the...
The US housing market is short 6.5 million homes
Source: CNN Business --- Washington, DCCNN — The United States is not building enough homes to account for the number of people setting up their own households. As a result, there is a sizable shortage of new homes after more than a decade of under-building relative...
Is This Spring the Make-or-Break Moment for 2023’s Housing Market? A Brutally Honest Look Ahead for Buyers and Sellers
Source: Realtor.com --- It’s that time of year again. Homebuyers begin poring over listings with Instagrammable kitchens and shoring up their finances. Sellers slap on fresh coats of paint and make all of the repairs they had been meaning to do since they moved into...
Housing Risk Report Highlights Areas Most Vulnerable to Declines in the United States
ATTOM, a curator of land, property, and real estate data, released a Special Housing Risk Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are more or less vulnerable to declines based on home affordability, foreclosures, and other...
Landmark Properties to Develop Residential Community to Serve University of Southern California Students
Landmark Properties, a real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, investment management, and operation of residential communities, announced plans to develop a second student apartment community in the Los Angeles market. Construction is scheduled...
Survey Indicates Women Investors Prefer Real Estate More Than Men
On International Women’s Day, UBS global wealth management’s chief investment office published a thematic report on women and legacy, focusing on how women investors define legacy, their concerns, how they can best allocate their resources, and how important it is to...
Annual Home Price Growth Continues to Slow Nationwide
CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions provider, released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for January 2023. U.S. home prices continued their gradual free fall in January, with the 5.5% annual gain down for...
Housing Market Momentum Stalls as Critical Spring Season Approaches
Source: Mansion Global --- Rising mortgage rates are cooling the U.S. housing market, sapping recent buyer interest heading into the crucial spring selling season. Economists, home builders and real-estate agents saw evidence of a thaw in early 2023, when rates...
Millionaires row no more: Number of houses that cost seven figures nationwide is dropping
Source: USA Today --- As mortgage rates continue their upward march, the share of U.S. homes worth seven figures is dropping. In another indication of the cooling housing market, homes that would have been worth $1 million or more at the peak of the pandemic...
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