June’s Private Housing Building Permits Drop by 3.7%
Privately-owned housing units as counted by issued building permits came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,440,000 units. This number is 3.7% below the recorded rate in May, [...]
Senate Passes Measure to Expedite the Mortgage Process on Tribal Lands
The Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act would create statutory timelines to process mortgages involving properties located on tribal trust land. Source: DS News
Biden-Harris Administration, Secretary Fudge Call for Action on Junk Fees in Rental Housing
The Biden Administration along with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge is calling attention to the significant harm that rental housing junk fees cause to [...]
Bill Introduced to Address Affordable Housing Crisis
The Housing Supply Expansion Act would reform a 1930s-era labor law by reducing labor costs and administrative burdens on residential construction contractors. Source: DS News
Homes Changing Hands at Slowest Pace in a Decade
The pandemic homebuying blitz between 2020 and 2021 has lowered the number of home sales nationwide to a decade-low of 14 in every 1,000 homes. Source: DS News
2023’s Top Cities Ripe for Real Estate Investment
A new guide from Doorloop combines a litany of data to find out where investors can get the best returns. Source: DS News
Legislation Introduced to Curb Predatory Practices in the SFR Marketplace
New bill seeks to protect single-family affordable housing stock, and crack down on corporate investors by restricting tax breaks. Source: DS News
Annual U.S. Rent Growth Continued to Ease in May
While concerns surrounding affordability and economic uncertainty continue to slow overall homebuying activity, a new report from CoreLogic showed annual single-family rent growth returned to the pre-pandemic rate in May; [...]
How Climate Change Affects the Insurance Industry
As population growth in catastrophe-prone regions such as Florida, California and even Texas continues, the geographic concentration risk that insurers face will continue to compound, according to a new CoreLogic [...]