Abby Waltz, National Director for Homes for Heroes, explains how Florida’s new Hometown Heroes Housing Program is a small step in the right direction to assist frontline workers achieve the American dream of homeownership.
Read More »Home Prices Dip Month-Over-Month But Post Annual Gains
S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller reports that despite a 20.4% annual gain in April 2022, home prices in the U.S. were down slightly from 20.6% recorded the previous month.
Read More »Addressing Homelessness at the Real Estate Level
Per a new Urban Institute report, local governments and organizations, both public and private, should consider homelessness as a systemic issue, which can be solved with a multi-layered approach.
Read More »Fannie Mae Op-Ed: Making Rent Count
Cyndi Danko, SVP, Chief Credit Officer Single-Family at Fannie Mae, discusses how rent payment history is helping more people get a mortgage, including people of color.
Read More »Affordability in Question as Mortgages Get More Expensive
Another shocking record high has been reported by Zillow’s May 2022 Market Report as mortgage payments are now higher than rent in 40 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas. ...
Read More »Equitable Opportunities, the GSEs, and Gauging Success
Don Layton, former CEO of Freddie Mac and current Senior Industry Pellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, lays out four benchmarks against which to grade the GSEs as their plans are implemented.
Read More »Miami Tops Most Competitive Rental Markets
While competition in the Northeast intensifies, according to new data from RentCafe, Miami-Dade County stands as the nation’s most competitive apartment market in 2022.
Read More »YoY Mortgage Contract Activity Slips in Major Regions
While the housing market remains unbalanced nationwide, with demand far outpacing supply, contract signings are down significantly from a year ago due to inflated mortgage rates.
Read More »New Home Sales Pick Up Strength in May
Sales of new single‐family homes in May rose to 696,000, a 10.7% month-over-month rise of April’s recorded total of 629,000.
Read More »Homebuyer Demand Slips as Mortgage Rates Approach 6%
Homebuying demand pulled back further as mortgage rates reached their highest level in over 13 years, according to a new report from Redfin. “Mortgage rates near 6% have ...
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