Consumer Confidence Wanes after 15-Year Spike
Consumer confidence waned in January after spiking to a 15-year high in December, posting a 111.8 reading in The Conference...
National
Skyrocketing Rents Begin to Fizzle
Skyrocketing rents will begin to fizzle in 2017, driven by a multifamily market marked by less starts and oversupply, according...
NAR: Disconnect Between Homebuyer Aspirations and Realities
Eight out of 10 non-homeowners recently surveyed by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) identify owning a home as part...
It’s Good to Be a Seller: Sales See Highest Profits Since 2007
It's a good time to be a seller. Home sellers in 2016 saw the highest profits since 2007, averaging a...
Mortgage Rates Mirror Fed Decision
Mortgage rates on average remained unchanged this week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), mirroring the Federal...
Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged in Anticipation of Trump Policy
The Federal Reserve kept the key interest rate unchanged this week as it looks to future fiscal policy under the...
Spreading the Wealth to All Corners of the Globe
The world's wealthy have their pick of places to call home—and those places, according to a new report, run the...
Homebuilders Are Betting on Baby Boomers
(TNS)—Aging baby boomers don't get any love from the consumer products sector. All the mainstream advertising is pitched toward 20-...
Homeownership Rate Falls Slightly in Fourth Quarter 2016
The recently released Census Homeownership and Vacancy Survey (HVS) for the fourth quarter of 2016 shows that throughout last year,...
Prospect Mortgage, Brokerages Ordered to Pay Millions for Illegal Kickback Scheme
Prospect Mortgage, LLC, a major mortgage lender, and two real estate brokerages have been ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection...
3 Ways to Boost Engagement With Selfie-Style Content
In the age of TikTok, hyper-polished, overly-produced videos are a thing of the past. Today’s most effective social media content is simple, scrappy and all you need is your phone. Read more.
Business Tip of the Day provided by
