Green Practices, Digital Interactions, Luxury Amenities, and Future Homeownership The PropTech firm MRI Software has good news for landlords and property managers: They can easily make renters happy by adopting green practices and digital communications. Additionally, luxury...
Month: February 2023
REDFIN REPORTS $2,500 MONTHLY BUDGET BUYS A $400,000 HOME AS RATES DIP BELOW 6%
Home sellers are starting to come off the sidelines to meet buyer demand as mortgage rates steadily decline, with new listings and pending sales both posting their smallest drops in four months A homebuyer on a $2,500 monthly budget can afford a $400,000 home for the first time in four months as...
HOME EQUITY FLATTENS OUT ACROSS U.S. IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022
Nearly Half of Mortgaged Homes Remain Equity-Rich but Portion Dips Slightly;Seriously Underwater Level of Mortgages Unchanged at Just Below 3 Percent;Sixteen Times as Many Mortgages are Equity Rich Versus Seriously Underwater ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for...
Top 10 Markets With the Biggest Increase of Homes for Sale in 2023
Buyers are entering a calmer housing market, but with little incentive for homeowners with sub 3% mortgage rates to sell and 50 of the 100 largest markets expected to see inventory declines, they will continue to have a limited number of homes to choose from. Shoppers with some flexibility in...
S&P CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER INDEX CONTINUED TO DECLINE IN NOVEMBER
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released for November 2022 show that home price gains declined across the United States. More than 27 years of history...

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A New Innovation to Meet the Changing Needs of the Traveling Public By Carole VanSickle Ellis Almost 100 years ago, Marriott International began not as an international chain of hotel brands and bespoke service providers but, instead, as a small A&W root beer stand owned and operated in...

Turning the Tide
NPLA & Pitbull Conference By Jon Hornik The National Private Lenders Association (NPLA) is the association that represents and protects the interests of Private Lenders as it pertains to new legislation and public policy. Our organization has built a community of members made up of lenders,...

Recipe for Success: Building Trust and Bringing Out the Best in People
John Gordon — Director of National Accounts, Home Depot By Carole VanSickle Ellis In 1980, a newly married John Gordon and his wife were heading toward Lansing, Michigan, where they expected Gordon to join computing powerhouse IBM in the company’s marketing department while his wife earned her...

Utilizing Blockchain Technology in the Construction Industry
Is It Necessary? Will It Help? By Paul Gozzo New home construction is not broken. In fact, just the opposite; construction has evolved well over the last ten plus years. Builders of all sizes and specialties who build affordable houses all the way up to large custom homes, have adopted many new...