The average annual cost of owning and maintaining a single-family home in the U.S. is 26% higher now than four years ago, according to Bankrate, New York.
Tag: Single-Family
MBA Single-Family Research and Economics Showcase 2023 June 21-22
A two-day online event, the MBA Single-Family Research & Economics Showcase highlights the most current results and insights from MBA’s residential surveys, forecasts and reports. Led by MBA Chief Economist …
ATTOM: 2020 Single-Family Property Taxes Rise 5.4% to $323B
Single-family homeowners saw their property taxes rise on average by 5.4 percent in 2020, to a nationwide total of $323 billion, reported ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif.
MBA Urges FHFA to Extend Current GSE Affordable Housing Goals
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a letter this morning to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said FHFA should extend current affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, given current economic uncertainty.
FHFA Leaves 2021 GSE Housing Goals Unchanged
With current housing goals set to expire in December, and amid economic uncertainty stemming from the lingering coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Housing Finance Agency yesterday left 2021 housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unchanged from the previous three years.
2020 Storm Surge Forecast Sees 7.4 Million Residences at Risk
Okay, just to recap: So far in 2020, we’ve had the COVID-19 pandemic; partial collapse of the U.S. economy; no spring home buying season; dam breaches in Michigan; one of the busiest tornado seasons this decade; and, God help us, “murder hornets.” Now it’s June, and the official start of North American hurricane season.
MBA, Trade Groups Ask DHS to Declare Housing ‘Essential Infrastructure Business’
The Mortgage Bankers Association joined more than 90 industry trade groups in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, urging DHS to designate construction of single-family and multifamily housing as an “Essential Infrastructure Business.”