Congress Zeroes in on Permitting, Affordability and Supply in High-Profile Housing Hearing
Housing affordability is an issue to be tackled from many directions; which ways are on lawmakers’ radar? The House Financial ...
Tag: Housing Policy
Illinois Latest State to Float Law Restricting Private Listings
State legislatures across the U.S. have been seeing new bills that would restrict private real estate listings, with mandates that ...
The House Passes the Housing for the 21st Century Act
The House of Representatives has announced the passage of H.R. 6644, known as the Housing for the 21st Century Act, ...
Legislative Round-Up: HUD Proposes Fair Housing Enforcement Change; Bill to Restrict Institutional Investors Reintroduced
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate ...
President Trump Touches on Institutional Investor Ban at Davos, Issues Guidance in New Executive Order
President Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos Wednesday largely focused on diplomatic tensions, but he also ...
New Bill Would Remove Capital Gains Taxes for Most Homesellers
Capital gains taxes—the tax on profits received from the sale of an asset like a home—are one of the biggest ...
Will Trump’s Flurry of Housing Proposals Move the Needle on Affordability?
President Donald Trump has floated several controversial ideas to help make housing affordable again. But his latest pitch—allowing Americans to ...
Manufactured Housing Energy Standards Lifted in Newly Passed Bill
Manufactured and modular housing have been embraced as one solution to reaching housing affordability, due to their ease to build ...
2025’s Biggest Stories in Real Estate: Part One
Editor’s note: this is part one of a two-part series—look for part two in our upcoming newsletters. 2025 was another ...
2025 NAR President Kevin Sears Testifies Before Congress
Real estate professionals are well aware that housing affordability and supply are in short order, but are lawmakers taking appropriate ...
How to Host a Successful Open House in Winter
The winter months create some unique challenges for holding an open house, and preparation for these cold or snowy days is important for success. Read more.
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