Monthly housing starts rose 12.2 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,575,000, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday. August 2022…
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Lending practices are killing Black neighborhoods across the country by making it so that only investors can afford to buy in them, HUD Secretary Marcia…
Women and adults under 30 did see improvements to their credit scores in pioneering a randomized study of 5,854 prospective first-time homebuyers. Source: Inman News
Longer loans, including a 50-year concept recently floated in the U.K., are sometimes framed as a way to improve housing affordability. But the experts aren’t…
Sales of newly built homes shot up 10.7 percent from April to May, with 696,000 new homes sold over the course of the month, according…
The federal housing agency has given staff six months to consider changes to policies that create barriers to people with criminal histories. Source: Inman News
Overall housing starts increased 1.4 percent month over month in December to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.70 million units, according to the the Department…
After increasing by a modest 0.4 percent in October, new home sales saw a 12.4 percent increase in November, according to the U.S. Census Bureau…
Government agencies are looking to better quantify risks from climate change, a step with implications for government-backed home loans. Source: Inman News
New home sales are still up 9.2 percent year over year but have been falling since March, likely as a result of high home prices…