As mortgage rates stagnate around 6%, prospective homebuyers are feeling nostalgic for the 3% interest rates of 2020 and 2021. Google search results for the term “assumable mortgage”…
Read more How a rare type of mortgage is landing homebuyers a 3% rateThe Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a half percentage point, or 50 basis points, on Wednesday, its first rate cut since March 2020. Even before the Fed…
Read more You can’t always refinance a mortgage to capitalize on lower rates: Here’s when a lender may say ‘no’ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email More than 80% of recent homebuyers say they regret their purchase, according to a recent…
Read more Why home payments are skyrocketingCourtneyk | E+ | Getty Images Mortgages, currency exchange complicates a purchase While there may be similarities to the U.S. market when buying a home overseas, there are…
Read more What to know before you buy a house overseas — and 3 steps to smooth the processAn employee checks the external casing with a spirit level in a modular house at the Tophat factory in Foston near Derby, UK, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.…
Read more Modular homes were hailed as a solution to housing crises. But the sector is now struggling to scaleShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email RealPage software is used to set rental prices on 4.5 million housing units in the…
Read more How RealPage influences rent prices across the U.S.A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that…
Read more Why U.S. renters are taking corporate landlords to courtSneksy | E+ | Getty Images Rent prices are coming down in some areas, but not at the pace needed to relieve tenants struggling to pay rent. Half…
Read more Rental markets are softening, but half of U.S. tenants spend more than they can afford, Harvard report findsGrace Cary | Moment | Getty Images The top 10 hottest housing markets are expected to be spread across the South, Northeast and Midwest this year, according to…
Read more Here are the top 10 hottest housing markets in 2024 — and why you may consider other optionsA crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado in…
Read more In a tough real estate market, a century-old housing idea could make a comebackA “For Sale” sign in Arlington, Virginia, on Aug. 22, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Fewer people can afford to buy a house these days.…
Read more To buy a house in today’s market, more people turn to an alternative lender: their parentsU.S real estate investment trusts today manage $4.5 trillion in real estate worldwide. Many groups on Wall Street offer these tax-friendly funds to retail investors. KKR’s real estate…
Read more How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estateLucy Lambriex | DigitalVision | Getty Images Despite a sizeable elderly and disabled population in the U.S., there is not enough affordable housing to accommodate those individuals. “For…
Read more Less than 5% of U.S. housing supply is accessible to older, disabled Americans. These changes may helpMayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to…
Read more East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversionsShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Some U.S. mayors are loosening up rules that determine how developers convert office buildings into…
Read more Here’s what’s stopping cities from converting offices into apartmentsScores of luxury homes are coming to major cities across the United States. Analysts at Yardi Matrix projected that more than 400,000 units were completed in 2022, and…
Read more U.S. cities are filling up with luxury apartments despite ‘housing recession’In December 2022, $1,981 was the typical monthly rent in the United States — a 7.4% increase from the year prior. But while rent has begun to stabilize…
Read more Rent control policies are gaining support nationwide. Here’s why economists still think it’s a bad idea.Stories about soaring rents and the search for a new place to live taking months are all too common in London right now. The city’s rental market is…
Read more London’s rental market is in crisis. Here’s why and how renters are strugglingCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Intel’s announcement earlier this year of a $20 billion manufacturing operation bringing thousands of jobs to rural Ohio was greeted as an economic boon. But…
Read more Ohio’s Intel project triggers housing fears in tight marketCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Intel’s announcement earlier this year of a $20 billion manufacturing operation bringing thousands of jobs to rural Ohio was greeted as an economic boon. But…
Read more Ohio’s Intel project triggers housing fears in tight market
