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Renting vs. Buying: Single-Family Homes Offer Tenants More Options 

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This kind of commitment ultimately affects the improvements that tenants want since, in the event that they decide against buying a property, they might want to improve their existing living areas. The post Renting vs. Buying: Single-Family Homes Offer Tenants More Options first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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HUD Streamlines Affordable Housing Regulations

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Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). HOME is one of the largest federal grant programs specifically for creating housing for disadvantaged households.

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Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis

Appraisal Buzz

Concentrated Development: Many developers flocked to the same areas, leading to localized oversupply. The Developer’s Dilemma To illustrate the current challenges, let’s consider a hypothetical developer, Dave. Diminished Development Capacity: As developers struggle, new construction grinds to a halt.

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2025 Office-to-Apartment Conversions Hit Record Highs 

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This increase coincides with fierce competition among tenants and a widespread lack of rental flats. Only 3,709 of the 55,339 office-to-apartments that were in some stage of development in January of last year were finished by December, meaning that 51,630 units remained unfinished until 2025.

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Consumer advocate says policy changes are needed to help FHA buyers compete

Housing Wire

The authors suggest a two-fold recommendation — that more states and local municipalities pass “source of income” legislation so that tenants and homebuyers will be better protected; and for the U.S. of the U.S. mortgage market in 2023, up from 14.3% in 2022, according to HUD.

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Real estate investment leaders talk build-to-rent homes and affordability solutions

Housing Wire

Today, modern technology , including Pretium’s platforms, cut out the middleman by allowing firms to invest directly in assets, decide the kind of leverage they want and determine how Pretium will manage the assets over time. Burns asks Mullen for a ballpark estimate of how long it takes Pretium to analyze an investment opportunity.

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HUD Streamlines Web Experience

Appraisal Buzz

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the completion of a transformative project to update webpages for all 50 states, territories, and the District of Columbia on HUD.gov. This modernization reinforces HUDs commitment to making resources accessible, responsive, and reflective of the real-life needs of our users.

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