Year: 2021

Low-Income Renters Left Out of Pandemic Savings

Home values continued their march upward in February, matching record monthly growth from months prior, according to Zillow's February Market Report. While home sales and appreciation soared over the course of the pandemic, rent growth slowed, seemingly a boost for rent affordability....

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COVID Cash Kicks Off New Policy Era for CRE

Besides providing a short-term boost to the commercial real estate segments most affected by the pandemic, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package signed into law by President Joe Biden promises to be a taste of the type of progressive policymaking Democrats will implement while they control...

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iBuyer Market Continues Slow Recovery

The nation's top iBuying companies purchased 3,505 homes in the fourth quarter of 2020, down 48% from a year earlier, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That represents 0.3% of homes that sold across the 418 U.S....

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At a Glance – Debt, Deficits, Spending, Revenues

Each year, the Congressional Budget Office publishes a report presenting its projections of what federal debt, deficits, spending, and revenues would be for the next 30 years if current laws governing taxes and spending generally did not change. This report is the latest in the series....

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