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Dwellsy Announces 2021 List of Top Cities for Renters

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A new resource from Dwellsy highlights the cities that best suit renters’ needs Dwellsy published its 2021 ranking of best cities in America for renters. Taking into consideration a number of factors such as rent prices, availability, employment, schools and health we ranked over 350 metropolitan areas on their attractiveness for renters. At Dwellsy, we know there is a city and a great rental home out there for every renter,

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Fannie Mae Extends Protections for Renters Affected by COVID-19

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Multifamily Borrowers Now Eligible for Forbearance through September 30, 2021 To continue to support renters in multifamily units and Fannie Mae-financed multifamily property owners experiencing financial difficulties as COVID-19 persists, Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) announced the extension of its multifamily COVID-19 forbearance program through September 30, 2021. The program, which requires landlords to suspend all evictions for renters unable to pay rent during the forbearance period, was formerly set to expire on June

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Multi-Generational Demand: US Home Prices Post Third Month of Double-Digit Growth in April, CoreLogic Reports

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CoreLogic Home Price Index recorded a 13% annual gain, the highest since February 2006 Limited inventories discourage potential sellers, further exacerbating inventory and affordability challenges CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™ for April 2021. Sparse inventory and high demand continues to place upward pressure on home prices, creating challenges across generations as buyer preferences shift. Younger millennials

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High-End Home Sales Surge Nearly Twice as Fast as Sales of Mid-Priced Homes

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–Purchases of high-end homes jumped 26% in the three months ending April 30, versus a 15% increase for mid-priced homes –Prices of high-end homes also saw a relatively big climb, up 14%, versus a 10% rise for affordable homes –Homes in every price tier are selling in less than 4 weeks–significantly faster than a year ago Purchases of high-end homes in the U.S. jumped 26% year over year during the

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Median Prices Increase Annually During First Quarter of 2021 in 75 Percent of Opportunity Zones

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Median Values Again Rise At Least 10 Percent in Almost Two-Thirds of Zones ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its first-quarter 2021 special report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In this report, ATTOM looked at 4,579 zones around the United States with sufficient sales data to analyze, meaning they had at least five

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From There to Here

Brett Worthington: Veteran To Innovative Disruptor by Alison Bishop “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far go together.” African Proverb. This African proverb is a core value of Brett Worthington, senior vice president of business development at Frontdoor. It symbolizes many things along his journey and in his life today. “I heard it from a great leader of mine whom I consider a

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