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MBA Advocacy Update: 2021 in Review
MBA’s residential policy team hosted nearly 100 meetings across 15 policy committees, subcommittees and working groups, including six Town Hall webinars reaching 4,000 members.
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Home Price Growth Continues to Slow (But Not by Much)
The good news for home buyers: home price growth continued to decelerate, according to reports last week from S&P Down Jones Indices and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The bad news: home price growth maintains double-digit percentage annual growth that appears likely to continue well into 2022.
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November Pending Home Sales Drop 2.2%
Pending home sales slipped in November, as every region saw monthly declines, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.
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Housing Affordability Concerns Intensify
Reports from First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., and ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., show rising home prices and inflation are taking a bigger bite out of housing affordability entering the new year.
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Redfin 3/4 of Homebuyers, Sellers Report Changing Plans Due to Inflation
Redfin, Seattle, said 73 percent of homebuyers and sellers say inflation is influencing their plans.