Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The federal government and numerous federal agencies will take action on these and other issues outlined in the blueprint. The administration said it will also launch the “resident-centered housing challenge,” which leans on housing providers and state, local and tribal governments to expand access to housing through stronger policies.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Dr. Conerly’s analysis included interest rates, inflation, and the Federal Reserve’s strategic direction, with insights into consumer behavior, government spending, and construction. Stone also served as Vice Chairman of Metrocities Mortgage, and as Chairman of The Stone Group, an Austin, Texas-based tenant-represented brokerage company.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Rollout of the newly enhanced platform will take place in phases and is set to include integrations with loan origination systems, point-of-sale platforms and government-sponsored enterprise certifications, according to TransUnion. We’re already in the tenant space and in the auto space, she said.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The buyer rents the home as a tenant first, typically paying an up-front fee or down payment under an option contract to preserve the right to purchase the property within a set time period. For example, the sellers, usually also the landlords, are generally responsible for keeping the property safe and livable for tenants.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

After those government-supported mortgages terminate due to maturity or prepayment, the owners can, and many do, convert their multifamily properties to market-rate rents, or sell them to new owners that are not committed to providing housing that is affordable to struggling low-income rural tenants.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

of eligible households received government housing aid in 2021, while 11.2 Over 30% of the income of over 10 million senior tenants was spent on housing. It is clear that policy action is urgently needed. Only 36.5% million older people spent more than 30% of their income on housing. address the issue of aging in place.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

That’s what a congressional subcommittee said happened between Fannie Mae and Invitation Homes , the single-family rental landlord that in 2017 got a $1 billion interest-only 10-year loan from the government-sponsored enterprise. There is little data to track the prevalence of such strategies.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2023

Multiple agencies across the federal government including the U.S. Also on Thursday in conjunction with the announcements, the CFPB released a blog post describing how “federal housing agencies strongly encourage landlords to provide tenants written notice of their rights.” “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

But when the apartment’s landlord declared that all units in the building would be renovated and force all current tenants out, the clock began ticking for a solution. To accommodate the need for more housing, California has been evolving and even making exceptions to some of its regulations governing the structures.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In doing so, the government-sponsored enterprise hoped to widen access to homeownership for people with no to little credit history. In October 2022 , JPMorgan Chase launched a platform that automates the invoicing and receipt of online rent payments, serving property owners, managers and tenants. It’s a win-win.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2021

The bill will send $1,400 direct payments to individuals making up to $75,000 annually, and allocates $350 billion in aid to state and local governments and $14 billion for vaccine distribution. President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Thursday, freeing up $1.9

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

These structures can generate rental income to offset rising mortgage payments, and create more long-term rental supply, ultimately lowering the average rental cost for tenants. For local governments, ADUs can increase the number of tenants in areas where high-rise dwellings are not a desirable option.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

California’s SB 1157 has made a significant impact on the lives of tenants in subsidized housing developments. This groundbreaking state-specific law mandates that landlords who own or operate such properties offer their tenants the option to have their rental payments reported to credit bureaus.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Private employment increased by 877,000, while government employment fell by 216,000 – a stat that Mike Fratantoni, senior vice president and chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association , chocks up to drops in local education employees as many schools did not bring their workforces back in September. “For

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Freddie Mac, the smaller of the two government sponsored enterprises, announced in late June that it too would be incorporating rent payments into its risk assessment. It also has encouraged multifamily landlords to report positive rental payments to the credit bureaus to improve tenants’ shot at qualifying for a mortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The government-sponsored enterprise saw a 20% growth in its single-family mortgage portfolio from 2020 to 2021, driven by soaring home prices and an increase in the average size of loans it acquired. By year end, he said, 73,000 tenant households across 284 properties had been offered the program, DeVito said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2023

In a typical sale-leaseback transaction, EasyKnock receives a processing fee from the initial home sale and then receives monthly rent after the customer becomes a tenant, he said. Founded in 2003 by Rick Arvielo and his wife Patty Arvielo, the lender offers conventional, government, adjustable-rate and non-qualified mortgages.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

This ties into initiatives launched by the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to allow rent-payment data into the underwriting process, making it easier for renters to become homeowners. In December 2023, EasyKnock acquired home equity investment (HEI) platform Balance Homes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Over the course of a year, HRI trained, equipped, and deployed an army of undercover investigators, who posed as prospective tenants with Section 8 vouchers,” HRI said in a statement. ” But the most common reason was said to be “simple economics: Property owners increasingly can charge more than the government is willing to pay.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

The limits allow tenants to raise a defense in court if they file a form with their landlord stating that they cannot pay rent, have lost income due to the pandemic, and promise to make partial payments. In March, the Government Accountability Office found that the CDC’s eviction limits may have had little impact on filings.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

. “His experience running a marketplace that connects millions of consumers with enterprise customers is particularly relevant to RentPath, whose core business is connecting people looking for long-term home rentals with property owners and managers looking for prospective tenants,” Kelman said. million to acquire RentPath.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Imagine that the local government where you live is invoking eminent domain rights concerning your dear home to build a road or park or let a private developer do as they will (Kelo v. It feels like you are being given a flippant 60-day notice as if you are a tenant with no ownership rights. This is a tough one among local governments.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Pamela Patenaude, Principal, Granite Housing Strategies Patenaude, Principal of Granite Housing Strategies, is an accomplished real estate, housing policy, and disaster recovery expert with a four-decade record of success as an executive in government, the nonprofit sector, and the private industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), released a statement that applauded the proposal as “historic” while also making a call to enact elements of the organization’s National Tenants Bill of Rights, which it developed in conjunction with other affordable housing advocacy organizations.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

For instance, almost three-quarters of Gen Z tenants in cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, and Sacramento are burdened by their rent. Usually, voucher holders pay 30% of their income in rent, with the government covering the remaining amount up to a rent cap.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For example: Because they add square footage to the property, ADUs can increase property values – and in situations where a tenant is living on the property, provide a source of rental income as well. ADU zoning regulations can be found on local government websites. ADUs provide both financial and environmental benefits.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Census-tract demographics and poverty have a relationship with “the prevalence of FHA-insured mortgages and [tenant-based housing choice voucher (TBV)]-supported households,” the paper said. Notably, nearly half (45%) of FHA-backed mortgages are issued to homeowners in census tracts where 75 percent or more of the residents are white.”

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MARCH 29, 2021

Buying a Home As a Government Employee Are you a government employee preparing to buy a home? With the right resources, you can ensure a successful investment and one in which you may save tens of thousands of dollars thanks to being a government employee. Who Is a Government Employee?

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MARCH 11, 2019

in the Hudson Yard project is exactly what the government is supposed to do. Deutsche Bank is replacing Warner Media as the anchor tenant in 2021 so the project will be renamed for the new tenant. Related seemed to do this deal right and Amazon came across as greedy in the end. billion dollars committed to parks, subways, etc.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 28, 2021

And while the federal government has distributed some $46 billion in rental assistance to tenants and landlords across all 50 states plus D.C., About 16% of Americans who rent say they are behind on rent, according to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) analysis of Census Household Pulse Survey data from June 23–July 5.

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D Fritz Appraisals

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Vancouver’s office space availability is the highest in 20 years, with landlords and building owners adapting their leasing strategies as many tenants require more flexibility with their office space rentals. As you might expect, government policies, population, and the economy will influence the future of commercial real estate in BC.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Effective foreclosure prevention Partial claims — and the extra “free rent” time they give to distressed homeowners — have proven to be key part of an effective foreclosure prevention strategy that mortgage servicers and government agencies employed in the wake of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a win-win.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

We have seen lenders and borrowers, landlords and tenants, and trade associations and regulators working together to preserve the market ecosystem. Through coordination, smart policy choices and partnership with every level of government, the U.S.

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JULY 3, 2024

Some respondents, 57%, think the government should limit how many homes an individual landlord or corporation can own during a time when so many Americans find it difficult to achieve homeownership. Another 43% of renter respondents said there should be no such government restrictions.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Party pushes for greater protections for renters

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Jessica Morton, senior counsel at the Democracy Forward Foundation , explained during a session on CRA rules that the lawsuit — filed under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which governs how agencies can use the authority delegated from the Congress to write rules — challenges the concept of community.

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MAY 20, 2024

homeowners and tenants. Fearing the Chinese government could access sensitive user data through the video app TikTok, House lawmakers passed a bill last month that would ban the app if it isn’t sold to new owners. homeowners and tenants. homeowners and tenants. But a greater peril looms.

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