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The DC-based group US Housing Consultants recently released a short analysis of HUD’s recent decision to enforce the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity.  The stated…

According to ATTOM Data’s latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, showing there were 9,702 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings (default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions).  This figure was down 11% from…

Published by USA Today on February 16, 2021 The foreclosure moratorium was set to expire March 31 and is now in place through June 30. President Joe Biden on Tuesday extended a ban on home foreclosures for federally backed mortgages…

Which counties across the nation have experienced the greatest drop in monthly rent?  That’s what the number-crunchers at Realtor.com recently set out to discover.  Using data from last December, they looked at the median…

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced in mid-February the extension of the FHA’s foreclosure and eviction moratoriums through June 30th, 2021, as well as an extension of the initial start date of a COVID-19…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that they will interpret the Fair Housing Act to bar discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.  They are directing HUD…

Local Market Monitor, a National REIA preferred vendor, recently released their monthly National Economic Outlook where they share their thoughts on developments taking place in the U.S. economy. National Economic OutlookBy…

The NAHB’s Eye on Housing recently crunched the numbers from the most recent BLS Producer Price Index, where the found that prices paid for goods used in residential construction (excluding energy) rose 0.7% in December and…

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was 0.3% in January, 2021.  Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.4% before seasonal adjustment. Click here to…

Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for January 2021. The reported stories reflect at least  3 new Ponzi schemes worldwide, 4 guilty pleas, 16 years of prison sentences and one life sentence, and an…