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Harvard study suggests inflation, labor shortages threaten remodeling industry

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According to the Improving America’s Housing 2025 report , the strength of the remodeling industry has long been supported by the aging of both homes and households, as well as high property values. The average homeowner spent almost $4,700 on improvements that year.

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What Home Depot’s Q4 earnings say about the 2025 housing market

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That 1% growth projection is below the 1.65% rate expected by Wall Street analysts, and comes on the back of a fairly disappointing 2024, in which elevated mortgage rates , inflation and high home prices led to fewer home-improvement projects despite record levels of home equity. Decker noted that comparable sales grew 0.8%

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Home equity access: How Finance of America bolsters the market with home equity products

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HW: Can you talk a bit about how equity can be a proactive financing tool? JS: Home equity can be strategically used to manage financial challenges, debt consolidation, home improvement, and health care costs, particularly for aging homeowners. Truthfully, the biggest opportunity for them is returning to past customers.

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

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. Market Leaders advanced newsletter automation tool can help. In this article, weve compiled 49 compelling real estate newsletter ideas and subject lines. Lets dive in!

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Chase Home Lending announces limited-time refinance rate discount

Housing Wire

As mortgage rates continue to be volatile, our rate sale helps provide relief to customers who entered the housing market when rates were elevated, or help address an immediate cash need, such as for debt consolidation, funding retirement, home improvement, paying off credit cards, etc.,

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Rechat forms tech partnership with Peerage Realty Partners

Housing Wire

Real estate technology firm Rechat announced a strategic partnership on Monday with Peerage Realty Partners that aims to expand tech tool and service offerings for Peerage agents and brokers. ” Rechat will offer its suite of tools and services to all Peerage Realty brokerages. . and Canada.

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NAR partners with RentRedi for benefits program

Housing Wire

The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. “As Working alongside NAR opens the door to many collaborative initiatives, including positioning RentRedi as the go-to property management tool for real estate agents and their clients.”

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