CNBC, Oct. 16, 2024-Diana OlickMortgage interest rates rose last week for the third straight week, hitting the highest level since August. That caused demand from both current homeowners and potential …
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High Home Prices Force Builders to Offer Mortgage Buydowns—and More
The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 15, 2024-Gina HeebDaniel Garcia Parra is the kind of home buyer that builders are aggressively courting.Click here for more (subscription)
How a Rare Type of Mortgage Is Landing Homebuyers a 3% Rate
CNBC, Oct. 15, 2024-Devan BurrisAs mortgage rates stagnate around 6%, prospective homebuyers are feeling nostalgic for the 3% interest rates of 2020 and 2021. Google search results for the term …
The U.S. Already Has Millions of Climate Refugees. Helene and Milton Could Make It Worse.
USA Today, Oct. 14, 2024-Andrea RiquierImages from Florida, battered by two once-in-a-generation storms in a matter of weeks, are prompting a reckoning by Americans across the country.Click here for more
The Crucial Role of State Regulators in Shaping AI Policy for the Mortgage Industry
The American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators’ The Regulator, October 2024–MBA Director of State Government Affairs Liz Facemire Please scroll to read below:
The Great Stay: Why Homeowners are Staying Put
HousingWire, Oct. 15, 2024–Mike SimonsenWhen we look at the weekly newly pending home sales, nationally we can see slightly better conditions than the last two years. This is growth differs …
Tougher Building Codes Contribute to Florida Mitigating Damage From Latest Hurricanes
NPR, Oct. 15, 2024–Martin KasteAfter Hurricane Andrew decimated parts of south Florida in 1992, state officials mandated sweeping building code revisions for new construction. Those changes continue to limit damage …
Corporate Retreats Are Back. Hotels Are Banking on It.
The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 14, 2024-Kate KingGroup travel is buoying the hotel business, offering property owners a welcome respite as other types of travel slow.Click here for more (subscription)
How Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk
The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2024-Hillary Howard and Christopher FlavelleBy the time the murky brown water in the house reached his chest, Joe Rogers realized it was too late …
Middle-Class Homeowners Are Increasingly Squeezed by Housing Costs
NBC News, Oct. 14, 2024-Jasmine CuiThe share of middle-class Americans who are buying wallet-squeezing homes has more than doubled in the previous 10 years.Click here for more