Pending Home Sales Return to Year‑Over‑Year Growth
Weekly Pending Home Sales are back to positive year-over-year. "Mind," This week's data is the snap back from the holiday week. Next week will be back to normal, more on this with the weekend tracker
Rowhomes: Affordable Urban Starter Homes with Extra Bedrooms
The thing that makes rowhomes fantastic for families ... the numbers of bedrooms per square foot Rowhomes are affordable, urban, starter homes
NYC Housing Lottery Flaws: No Work Requirement Criticized
Terrible policy for NYC to allow working-age people into lottery housing without a work requirement. Holding down a job indicates mental stability. These “preachers” on the subways are not “working.” https://t.co/hkbYX7TRrU https://t.co/nrKFiGp1nL
Competition Varies Across Placer County Neighborhoods
Competition isn't the same in every location. Here's a look at various areas of Placer County. https://t.co/QbFcCnBDNN
Angry Over Unused NYC Apartment's Extra Tax Burden
Imagine being furious that you have to pay extra taxes on your multimillion dollar NYC apartment that you don’t even live in
Fannie Mae Predicts Steady 6.1% Mortgage Rates Through 2027
#NEW Fannie Mae's revised forecast expects the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to average... 6.2% in Q3 2026 6.1% in Q4 2026 6.1% in Q1 2027 6.1% in Q2 2027 6.1% in Q3 2027 6.1% in Q4 2027 https://t.co/AhH8SZ64tC
Turn Your Home Into a Tax-Deductible Business Asset
The Augusta Rule lets you rent your home to your business up to 14 times a year at the going market rate. That payment moves from your business bank account to your personal account and the business writes it off...
Athens Built 2004 Olympic Village for Social Housing
Unlike most Olympic host cities, Athens designed its 2004 Olympic Village from the outset for post-Games social housing. It was at the time Europe’s largest: €300 million, 2,300 housing units across 366 buildings, and roughly 10,000 eventual residents. https://t.co/rBmJlMnBgS
NIMBY Policies Block Housing Supply, Drive High Rents
We both know @Timodc, from living in places that allow new units, that a couple of penthouses are not the problem... The problem is the inability to build new units in Democrat-led cities... SF, LA and NY, it's the same...
35‑Year Builder Never Sells Homes to Singles
This certainly reflects Dean Windham’s experience as an OH builder. In 35 years, he’s sold no SF homes to an unmarried buyer. https://t.co/9ogISUTdzE
Beazer Homes Faces $140K California Fee per Home
$140,000. That’s how much @BeazerHomes CEO Allan Merrill tells ResiClub the homebuilder is paying in government fees in California per new-build home
Parents' HELOC Loans for Kids' Down Payments Lead to Foreclosure
Parents Who Took Out HELOCS & Mortgages To Provide Down Payments For Kids To Buy Homes In 2021 Now In Power Of Sale Sounds crazy right? And it's not thousands of parents but it is happening right now in Ontario to...
Mid‑range Homes ($400‑500K) See Strongest Growth
More buyers at lower prices? Don't sleep on the trend. We're seeing the most growth right now in the region between $400K to $500K. More on my blog. https://t.co/k8PxYYpcrC https://t.co/ImgNJtdh6D
411k FHA Borrowers Face Equity Risk in Weak Markets
Doing a little more deep dive on FHA borrowers. How many people are "at risk" with low or negative equity and higher mortgage rates? About 411,000 since mid-2022. Many of the biggest FHA markets, like Phoenix and Houston, have had the...
Housing Hope Delayed One Year, Still On Track
Good housing read from @conorsen. Housing hope delayed a year but not totally derailed feels about right. https://t.co/3R3f8NDfvG