Axios, Dec. 23, 2024-Sami SparberHere’s what experts and industry pros predict is in store next year for mortgage rates, new builds, moves, and more.Click here for more
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Wall Street Landlords Loved These D.C. Suburbs. Rent Control Ended That.
Wall Street Journal, Dec. 23, 2024-Rebecca PicciottoRent control laws in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, Md., were followed by a 13% decline in multifamily transaction volume.Institutional investors are deterred …
Is Your Home Flood Insurance Payment a Pain in Your Wallet? Relief Could be on the Way
Miami Herald, December 19, 2024-Lew SichelmanThe National Flood Insurance Program is working on allowing policyholders to pay their premiums on a monthly basis. Previously, premiums could only be paid annually. …
Housing in 2025: Rates Will Drop Under 6%, Capital Gains Exemption Will Double
Orange County Register, Dec. 20, 2024-Jeff LazersonReady for a new year and a reinvigorated housing market?Here are my 2025 predictions for the market.Click here for more
Here’s What’s In and Out of the Government Funding Agreement
CNN, Dec. 21, 2024-Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the federal government. President Joe Biden …
Insurance Crisis Could Spark Housing Market Crash Worse Than 2008: Report
Newsweek, Dec. 20, 2024-Giulia CarbonaroThe growing instability in the U.S. homeowners insurance markets could lead to a housing crash worse than the 2008 one unless policymakers act fast, warns the …
The U.S. Housing Market Has Had a Tough Year. Here’s What Could Save It
CNN, Dec. 20, 2024-Bryan MenaAmerica’s housing market is finishing a year of high prices, sluggish sales and elevated mortgage rates. But there are factors that could give it a boost …
The Fed Cut Rates. Mortgage Costs Went Up.
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 20, 2024-Sam GoldfarbHopes were high that the Federal Reserve could make homes more affordable by cutting interest rates. So far, mortgage rates are rising instead.Click …
Life Insurance Companies Boost Their Commercial Mortgage Debt
MPA, Dec. 20, 2024-Candyd MendozaThe amount of commercial and multifamily mortgage debt grew by $47.7 billion, or 1%, in the third quarter of 2024, bringing the total to $4.75 trillion, …
Fannie, Freddie Recap Has Better Odds for Success Today
National Mortgage News, Dec. 19, 2024-Brad FinkelsteinAn updated analysis from the Congressional Budget Office suggests that recapitalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is more financially feasible than it was four …