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With the goal of “keeping families in their homes,” the U.S. Department of the Treasury says the Emergency Rental Assistance program makes available $25 billion to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities…

We’ve posted a lot of stories about the exodus from our nation’s urban cores to the suburbs.  With that in mind a recent story from Reuters about millennials searching for homes in “far-flung places” should have flippers…

John Burns Real Estate Consulting recently released their 2021 Apartment Rent Forecasts which they say will to help you “weather” the shifts in the apartment market.  They analyzed 127 metros across the country by taking a…

Originally published by REALTOR.com | February 10, 2021 Homeowners must already be in forbearance on their mortgage by Feb. 28 to qualify for the three-month extension. The Federal Housing Finance Agency is extending the length of…

The National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales were up 0.6% in January to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 6.69 million (up 23.7% from one year ago).  Total housing inventory at the end of…

The U.S. government is reporting that privately‐owned housing starts in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,580,000, which is 6% below December’s revised number.  January’s rate for units in buildings with…

Originally published by REALTOR.com | February 16, 2021 Political actions have both a direct and an indirect impact on the housing market. There’s a new political party in charge in Washington, D.C., one that hopes to make some big…

Today’s infographic from Statista reminds us that out of all the media that is used to reach customers, radio still comes out on top.  In fact, citing data from Nielsen, on any given week radio reaches 91% of the U.S.…

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…