Nationwide, rents declined 1% from a year earlier in May—the largest drop since 2020—as a building boom increased supply and economic uncertainty cooled demand The median U.S. asking rent fell 0.6% year over year to $1,995 in May—the largest annual decline since March 2020—according to a...
Month: June 2023
U.S. FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY SEES SPIKE IN MAY 2023
Foreclosure Starts Increase 4 Percent from Last Month, While Completed Foreclosures Increase 38 Percent ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its May 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 35,196 U.S. properties...

House members introduce ‘Neighborhood Homes Investment Act’ to expand affordable homeownership opportunities and revitalize communities
500,000 homes could be constructed, renovated and sold under the bipartisan bill Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Brian Higgins (D-NY) introduced legislation to create a new tax incentive that would produce 500,000 starter homes in under-resourced communities over the next...
Poplar Homes Acquires Venture REI’s Single-Family Property Management Business
Acquisition adds more than 150 homes to Poplar's growing management portfolio, marks company's entry into Arizona Poplar Homes, the tech-enabled property management company changing the way independent single-family rental investors and multifamily owners manage their rental properties, today...
Setpoint Announces Acquisition of Resolute Diligence Solutions, Strengthening Technology Platform For Asset Backed Lending
Transaction brings together two of the fastest growing tech firms in the asset-backed lending ecosystem, advances shared vision of building next-gen lending infrastructure Setpoint announces the acquisition of Resolute Diligence Solutions, an industry leading due diligence provider focused on...
NMHC Delivers Guide for Advancing Housing Equity and Opportunity in the Multifamily Industry
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), working with Enterprise Community Partners, has released a groundbreaking new resource for apartment firms, policymakers, community advocates and the public to explore ways that multifamily housing can be an even greater catalyst for creating more...
HOME-MORTGAGE LENDING ACROSS U.S. FALLS TO MORE THAN 20-YEAR LOW IN FIRST QUARTER
Total Residential Loans Drop Another 19 Percent Quarterly to Lowest Point Since 2000;Refinance and Purchase Lending Decline Nearly 20 Percent Quarterly, With Refinancing Down 85 Percent Annually;Home-Equity Lending Decreases for Second Straight Quarter ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property,...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The City of Brotherly Love Faces an “Uncomfortable” 2023 Market By Carole VanSickle Ellis When a national expert like Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi starts your market’s year off with the observation, “We’re in the bad times,” a lot of local homebuyers get chills — and not in a good...

Constructive Capital
Putting Client Success First By Carole VanSickle Ellis “There are three things in life you can count on,” Alex Offutt, managing director of the Wholesale and Correspondent Division of Constructive Capital, likes to say, “death, taxes and Constructive.” When Ben Fertig, founder and president of...