Study: Real Estate Industry’s Outlook Softens for 2017
Top real estate executives' confidence in the U.S. economy and housing market for 2017 has softened compared to two years...
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Surveying the American Dream: Housing Optimism Swings Post-Election
Attitudes toward housing have swung since the outcome of the election, with consumers expressing opposing expectations of the market to...
The Single-Family Rental Market under Trump
Editor's Note: Greg Rand, CEO of OwnAmerica, recently presented at the IMN Single-Family Rental Investment Forum. The following are highlights...
Credit Closes In on Pre-Crisis Benchmark, with Midwest Most Improved
Americans’ credit profiles have recovered extensively since the recession, with the average credit score now closing in on a pre-crisis...
Trump Pick Carson Accepts HUD Secretary Position
Former presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson accepted President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination to Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Rising Home Prices Spur Increase in FHA Loan Limits
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan limits will rise in most areas in 2017, applicable to cases assigned on or after...
Housing Continues to Progress, Still ‘Room for Improvement’
Housing markets in the U.S. overall continue to progress, supporting the best year in home sales in a decade, as...
Trump Names Quicken Loans Executive to HUD Transition Team
While speculation continues to surround President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Ben Carson to the post of Department of Housing and...
Freddie Mac: Another Week of Higher Mortgage Rates
Mortgage rates have once again moved higher as the weeks pass since the election, with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage...
Pending Home Sales Tiptoe Up in Two-Month Streak
Pending home sales tiptoed up a scant 0.1 percent in October, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), continuing...
Frozen Lockboxes: Tools and Strategies for Deicing Before a Showing
A truly blistering winter can freeze up locks, both lockboxes and locks on the doors themselves, so it can pay off to have a fast-acting solution. Read more.
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