Q4 2024 Opportunity Zone Report

Home Values Continue to Ride Coattails of National Gains by ATTOM Staff ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released its fourth-quarter 2024 report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones targeted by Congress for economic redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In this report, ATTOM looked at 3,783 zones around the United States with sufficient data to analyze, meaning they had at

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Key Insights into the Single-Family Rental Industry

HUD, Labor Market Update, SFR Occupancies, Interest Rates by David Howard The National Rental Home Council (NRHC) serves as the trade association for the single-family rental (SFR) home industry. NRHC members include owner-operators, builders, vendors, and service providers of single-family rental homes across the country. As part of our mission to provide market research and other tools to guide members through the ever-evolving housing market landscape, this article contains key

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Invitation Homes Promotes Tim Lobner to Chief Operating Officer

Invitation Homes Inc. announced the promotion of Timothy J. Lobner to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective March 2. Charles D. Young will continue in the role of President. “We are extremely pleased to expand the role Tim plays in the organization and at the same time position Charles to focus more closely on our long-term strategy, including our plans for growth,” said Dallas Tanner, the Company’s Chief

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REFINANCE ACTIVITY UP AGAIN DURING FOURTH QUARTER DESPITE BROADER U.S. DOWNTURN IN HOME MORTGAGES

Home Loans Shrink 3 Percent Quarterly as Interest Rates Climb and Sales Listings Remain Low; Purchase and Home-Equity Lending Dips While Refinance Deals Increase Again; Total Activity Still Down 60 Percent from 2021 Peak ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released its fourth-quarter 2024 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 1.64 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were issued in

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The Power of ‘Give, Give, Give’ & How Authentic Relationships Fuel Success

In this episode of Uncontested Investing, we sit down with Yovonne Kenny, Executive Vice President of Preferred Floor and Tile and co-founder of the first National Rental Home Council in the Carolinas. Yovonne is a trailblazer in real estate and flooring, with over a decade of experience in business development and leadership. She shares how strategic networking, mentorship, and bold decisions helped her rise from sales and marketing to leading

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ZOMBIE FORECLOSURES REMAIN A SMALL FRACTION OF U.S. HOUSING INVENTORY IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2025

Only One in 14,700 U.S. Homes Sit Vacant During Foreclosure, Near Five-Year Low;  Zombie Foreclosures Virtually Unchanged Quarterly, Down 3 Percent Annually;  Trends Hold as Overall Foreclosure Activity Remains Down ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released its first-quarter 2025 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report showing that 1.4 million (1,372,396) residential properties in the United States are vacant. That figure represents 1.3 percent, or one in 76 homes,

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