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Endpoint Promotes Shawna Hernandez to Chief Operating Officer

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Endpoint, the digital title and settlement company on a mission to make the home closing process easy for all, announced it has promoted Shawna Hernandez to chief operating officer, a newly created role. As COO, Hernandez will lead the teams implementing Endpoint’s digital closing solutions and guide the company’s strategy to optimize and scale its operations. “Shawna has spent her career focused on improving the home closing experience, the final

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HOMEOWNERSHIP SLIGHTLY MORE AFFORDABLE IN U.S. DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2023 AS HOUSING MARKET REMAINS STALLED

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Portion of Average Wages Consumed by Major Home-Ownership Costs Ticks Down to 30 Percent;  Affordability Improves as Nationwide Median Home Price Stays Flat;  Historic Affordability Still Weak Throughout U.S. ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its first-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Affordability Report showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos are less affordable in the first quarter of 2023 compared to historical averages in 94 percent of

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NPLA Announces 2023 Strategic Initiatives

New Partnerships, Mentoring Programs & Events in 2023 and Beyond By Carole VanSickle Ellis The National Private Lenders Association (NPLA) hosted its seventh official membership meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event, which was the best-attended in the association’s history, was also the site of a major change for the private-lending industry. NPLA founding member, executive director, and general counsel Jon Hornik announced during the association’s member meeting that Monday,

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A Home Like No Other

The University of Maine’s Bio-Home Technology is Opening Doors in Affordable Housing By Carole VanSickle Ellis The oldest prefabricated home on record is the “Manning Portable Cottage,” which was created by British carpenter John Manning, who, in 1830, offered buyers the opportunity to commission house components that could be built in London, then shipped around the country or internationally and assembled upon receipt. The concept spread like wildfire due to

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The Long and Short of Short-Term Rentals

Generate Income and Have a Place to Vacation By Jennifer Stoops Investing in real estate is becoming a very common strategy among those looking to build wealth and diversify their investment portfolio. Single family residential assets have long been the key target of real estate investing with multi-family assets coming in at a very close second. In more recent years, a new player has joined the real estate investing strategy,

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The Single-Family Rental Home Industry Has Never Been More Important

Sound Government Policies Are Needed to Create Favorable Market Conditions By David Howard As members of the National Rental Home Council (NRHC) prepare to gather in Nashville this month for the annual SFR Industry Leaders Conference, intensifying headwinds continue to swirl around the global economy. Rising interest rates, a weight on the housing market for the better part of the past year, have now started to curtail growth across a

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