Platform will house some of the next waves of innovation Property Meld, North America's leading property maintenance software, announced the launch of Meld 2.0. This next-generation platform takes what was already a leading maintenance operations system and sets it up for the subsequent immediate...
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Housing Activity Expected to Pick Up in 2024 as Rates Move Lower
Economic Growth Still Predicted to Soften as the Labor Market Shows Signs of Cooling Existing home sales and new single-family housing starts are expected to grow modestly in 2024 amid lower mortgage rates and slowly strengthening homebuyer sentiment, according to the February 2024 commentary from...
Realtor.com® January Rental Report: Mild Relief for Renters Continues As Rental Prices Decline to Start New Year
In January, U.S. median rents dropped (-0.3%) for sixth straight month Rents fell in January for the sixth month in a row, with year-over-year prices down -0.3%, according to the monthly Realtor.com® Rental Report . That's providing some relief for renters, though prices remain higher than...
Private Lending Industry Veteran Stephan Leccese Joins Lima One Capital’s Senior Management Team
Lima One Capital, the nation’s premier lender for real estate investors, has added Stephan Leccese as Managing Director of Operations. In this newly created role, Leccese oversees core operational functions including loan production, strategic accounts, lender finance, valuations, and construction...
Redfin Home Price Index: Price Growth Holds Steady at Start of the Year
Home prices rose 0.5% month over month in January, on par with December’s gain, as the drop in mortgage rates at the end of last year gave buyers a bit more purchasing power U.S. home prices climbed 0.5% from a month earlier in January, matching the 0.5% gain seen in both December and November,...
Housing Market Activity Lost Steam in January as Mortgage Rates Stopped Falling and Prices Kept Rising
Redfin reports new listings dropped for the first time since June and pending sales growth slowed; Stagnating mortgage rates and the biggest home-price jump in over a year caused the market to lose momentum New listings dropped 1.2% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the first...
OPPORTUNITY ZONE HOUSING MARKETS STILL TRACKING ALONG WITH BROADER U.S. HOUSING MARKET
Median Home Values Decrease During Fourth Quarter of 2023 in Just Over Half of Opportunity Zones Targeted for Economic Redevelopment Around U.S.; Price-Decline Trends Inside Zones Again Follow Closely With National Market Patterns ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate...
Digital Fraud in the Real Estate Industry
Property Shield Helps to Remove Fraudulent Account In today's digital age, the real estate sector is not immune to the sophisticated schemes that have emerged alongside technological advancements. One notable example was the exposure of a fraudulent Instagram account named '1timepaymenthomes.'...
U.S. FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY SEES NOTABLE INCREASE IN JANUARY 2024
Completed Foreclosures (REOs) Increase Monthly in 19 States; Foreclosure Starts Up Monthly and Annually Nationwide ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its January 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 33,270 U.S. properties...









