Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

housing market was relatively slow in 2024, experts say the luxury sector was an outlier and they are anticipating even stronger conditions in 2025. According to The Trend Report released Monday by Coldwell Banker s Global Luxury program, the brands luxury property specialists expect more luxury buyers to reenter the market in 2025.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? So, where do you start? Lets dive in!

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Q: How are you preparing for potential economic downturns or fluctuations within the housing market? Michael Keaton, SVP, Subservicing Business Development, Onity Group Inc. Q: How are you preparing for potential economic downturns or fluctuations within the housing market?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday announced a final rule designed to expand support for housing counseling services within Native American tribal communities. HUD expects the rule to expand the number of HUD-certified housing counselors serving the unique needs of Tribal communities.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

AI can create virtually staged images to match any trendy interior design style you can dream up for a small fraction of the price of traditional virtual staging. In our testing, Collovs image quality was on par with rivals like REimagineHome and Apply Design but was slightly less realistic than RoOomy. Sadly, there are caveats.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. It appears that securitization market has arrived.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced new initiatives to bolster community protections against severe heat, an issue that has become more common nationwide. Extreme heat wrought by climate change has started to have a more pronounced impact on the housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

A private planning firm in California is launching a new tool to help local governments there prepare for a pending law designed to spur more construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Last month, a Las Vegas-based housing technology startup received approval to sell factory-built ADUs in California.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

In this week’s episode of the Top Of Mind podcast, Altos Research President Mike Simonsen explores the housing affordability and supply crisis facing the U.S. Salim Furth joins Simonsen to share his expert opinions on the current housing crisis and the various factors that impact new development in certain cities.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The space shuttle program finally came to an end in 2011, primarily due to its outdated design, aging technology, and its inability to meet the evolving goals of the organization. The primary reasons for this decision are its outdated design, aging technology, and inability to meet the evolving goals of the organization.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As the housing market continues to undergo a seismic shift, technology leaders like this year’s Tech Trendsetters stand as beacons, guiding the industry toward a future where innovation is not an option but an imperative for success.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced a new $175 million notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) under its Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which will go toward the development of new rental housing units with “supportive services for people experiencing homelessness ,” the department explained.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

SB 9 was designed to inject supply into what is arguably America’s most challenging housing market , but that has yet to happen. SB 9 allows owners of properties with single-family homes anywhere in the state to sell or subdivide part of their lot. It also allows each lot to include up to two units, including duplexes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

Garber added that the most pressing concern for appraisers remains the resolution of fair housing claims by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The claims) carry significant professional and legal consequences, he said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Freddie Mac recognizes that effective housing solutions should not follow a one-size-fits-all approach. The team is focused on addressing limited access to credit, housing inequalities, creation and preservation of affordable housing supply and advancement of homeownership education.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday detailed a series of actions and initiatives it has undertaken to bolster climate resiliency while supporting green housing initiatives that stem from Inflation Reduction Act funding and recently announced plans to combat the effects of extreme heat.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) visited the University of Alaska at Fairbanks to tout the possibilities that 3D printing technology could bring to the construction of affordable housing in the U.S. Beyond HUD, the university and the city of Nome, other partners include the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. ,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

LISC), a nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance and technical support to community development projects, said that the road to recovery in Los Angeles will widen the wealth gap. The scale of destruction often delays remediation, ramps up costs, and creates tension in housing supply and demand.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

Freddie Mac’s DPA One was developed with a clear mission: to simplify the often complex and fragmented landscape of down payment assistance. This user-friendly platform is designed to be a one-stop shop for housing professionals, making it easy to match a borrower’s needs to opportunities for financial assistance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

The company says it will use the funding to scale its operations, accelerate its research and development and expand construction into new markets. It also completed a 78-unit emergency housing development in San Jose in only 90 days. The company plans to further reduce its carbon footprint an additional 25% in 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He had a particular focus on residential developers and homebuilders. “This is a pivotal moment in the market, and I look forward to helping Pretium continue its leadership in this space.” Brendan and Karen’s expertise will help us further scale those offerings.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. In fact, prior to founding SimpleNexus in 2011, CEO Matt Hansen worked on the Simplifile development architecture team for nearly five years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

But the parks — which employ an estimated 110,000 people collectively — are also facing headwinds due to their employees’ struggles to afford housing , and now both NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company — owners of the major parks — are aiming to address it, according to reporting from Bloomberg.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Today’s housing market presents unique challenges. For example, it can now determine if a borrower qualifies for affordable loan programs from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Their team regularly updates Encompass to make it more user-friendly and adaptable to different business needs.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I am a big believer in developing a brand for your real estate business from Day One. To me, branding a company is a chance to define yourself for the market and build a recognizable and memorable identity. Generally, a brand name will be easier to remember, which can only work to your advantage in a competitive housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Seattle -based proptech company Flyhomes announced Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of startup ZeroDown and is launching an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered home search portal to bring “conversational real estate search and research to the market.“ How does the job market here compare to other cities?”

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 4, 2025

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that builders are responding by stepping up the development of new single-family houses, which will help ease the housing crisis and add additional rental possibilities.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

However, in today’s tumultuous housing landscape , homeownership feels out of reach for many Americans — we need to make changes. The modern housing market presents challenges for homeowners, renters and prospective buyers alike, creating barriers to the benefits of homeownership unseen by previous generations. Mary Lynn T.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Reports on housing data are headline-driven, and headlines are designed to cause folks to overreact in both positive and negative ways. Exponential growth in any housing market data will eventually moderate. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Zoning in America was developed and designed for racial segregation,” Dworkin told USA Today. Milton residents, however, contend that it’s not affordable housing they’re standing against as much as the scale of the proposed development and its unknown impact on the community. This is not a subtle tool.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Every year since 2007, the rate of household formations outstripped the number of housing completions, despite relative strength in both the overall housing market and U.S. The existing system creates unnecessary market frictions that significantly increase transaction costs, yet benefit no one. consumer spending.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

CoreLogic is proud to sponsor Convergence and lead the development of a novel solution to this thorny supply challenge. The solution is designed to scale the production of single-family entry-level homes for sale in the Convergence pilot cities of Memphis, Tenn., and Columbus, Ohio.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans. What is reverse purchase financing?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Raising interest rates is designed to tackle those still-high prices outside of the volatile food and energy sectors. On the housing market, he noted that activity “picked up somewhat” although it remains well below the levels of a year ago, largely reflecting higher mortgage rates. Inflation picked up to 3.7%

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 11, 2024

Keeping stock of manufactured home supply According to 2021 American Housing Survey (AHS) , compiled by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Census Bureau, the nation’s manufactured housing market provides affordable housing to nearly 6.7 million own the unit only, and 1.3

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As the head of affordable housing initiatives, Penn will focus her attention on MBA’s CONVERGENCE plans , a set of programs designed to help lenders and real estate professionals in breaking down homeownership barriers for Black, Hispanic and underserved communities. “Our

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

In the House, the bill is designated as H.R. Affordable housing is vital for families throughout Illinois and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit continues to be an important tool to drive investment in the affordable rental housing market,” said Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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