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FOA promotes Jonathan Scarpati to chief production officer

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Scarpati has served at FOA since 2010 in various roles, and he is the first occupant of this new C-suite executive position. Scarpati previously served as the company’s senior vice president of wholesale lending.

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Connecticut Senator asks HUD for answers on backlog of discrimination complaints

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CT Insider previously reported that the Connecticut legislature has not passed any meaningful legislation designed to deal with housing discrimination issues, leading civil rights attorneys in the state to file a lawsuit against both HUD and the state governor’s office. “At

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Hanging on to House and Home

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Mortgage rates hovered between 3% and 5% from 2010 to the start of 2022, dropping to a record low of under 3% at the height of the pandemic moving frenzy. Californias Proposition 19 , which was designed to allow older homeowners to keep relatively low tax rates when they move, went into effect in 2020.

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Massachusetts budget features programs to support seniors, aging in place

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billion state budget for 2025, which features several provisions designed to assist the state’s senior residents with health care, food assistance and aging-in-place provisions like home-based care. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has signed a $57.8 This is according to announcements by Healy’s office and AARP.

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Lower mortgage rates fueling existing home sales

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Because housing data and all economics are so violent lately, we created the weekly Housing Market Tracker , which is designed to look forward, not backward. The Federal Reserve also believes this to be the case because of the better credit standards we have in place since 2010. from January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.58

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Like U.S. population, the workforce is aging faster

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These are important considerations for employers to understand, as older workers and a more diverse workforce calls for additional or new answers to the optimal design of employee benefit plans,” he added. The female share of the labor force ages 55 or older has generally fallen since 2010, though it did increase slightly in 2023.

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The State of Mortgage Credit Availability

Appraisal Buzz

The enlarged historical series, which covers 2004 to 2010, was designed to provide historical context to the current series by demonstrating how credit availability has changed over the last ten years, including the housing crisis and subsequent recession.

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