Pessimism Toward Mortgage Rates and Personal Financial Situations Grows The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 1.8 points in February to 71.6, driven largely by consumers' increased pessimism that mortgage rates will go down in the next year. The share of...
Will Support Luxury Single-Family Homes, Brokers, and Mortgage Loan Originators Nationwide Flatiron Realty Capital, LLC ("Flatiron"), a leading private equity firm specializing in real estate lending, announced the successful closing of $1 billion in total credit facilities. These facilities are...
As our nation continues to grapple with a significant housing shortage, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA) sent a letter to the White House requesting a thorough review of 32 federal programs, rules and regulations at 10 different agencies. The...
Figure’s DART system, a blockchain-based lien registry, adds Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Deutsche Bank, and over half of the Top 20 Independent Mortgage Banks Figure Technology Solutions (“Figure”), a technology platform powering a more efficient and liquid marketplace for financial products,...
Prices continue to increase, but at a slower pace, as the industry braces for the impact of potential tariffs on imported goods and materials. The cost of home repairs and remodeling in the third quarter of 2024 continued to increase, rising by 3.65% from the fourth quarter of 2023, and 0.83% from...
Atlanta, Las Vegas, Houston and parts of Florida are seeing the highest share of deals falling through, with supply piling up in those areas. Los Angeles is among the metro areas with the biggest increase in canceled sales, due largely to January’s devastating wildfires Just over 41,000 U.S....
Record price growth, new in-demand features and a rise in virtual home touring mark the past five years in the housing market U.S. home values are up 45% since the start of the pandemic five years ago. Home values and rents shot up most significantly in Miami. There are nearly a million more $1...
Expanding Affordable Housing Through Smart Development by Stephen Ballard Housing is one of the greatest problems in America right now. It is extremely difficult for the vast majority of Americans to afford to purchase a home. The ratio of median home price to median household income is at its...
In honor of Women’s History Month, REI INK reached out to ten influential and inspirational women in the single-family rental industry to get their perspectives on the challenges women face in the space and what advice they have for women who have aspirations of future leadership roles within the...
