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Published by REALTOR Magazine | March 18, 2021 Baby Boomers made up the majority of sellers last year at 43%—and they also saw the highest profits. Overall, home sellers of all age groups who sold their homes last year saw a median…

Published by REALTOR Magazine | March 18, 2021 The Fed indicates they likely won’t raise interest rates until 2023—at the earliest. The Federal Reserve voted on Wednesday to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero and at historic…

Published by Housing Wire | March 16, 2021 Unintended consequences could send home prices up even further The housing industry has been keeping a keen eye on President Joe Biden’s proposed $15,000 homebuyer tax credit for first-time…

Published by REALTOR.com | March 8, 2021 The Mortgage Bankers Association estimated that lenders originated some 7.1 million refinance loans last year. As interest rates plummeted throughout 2020, mortgage refinancing became a major…

Published by The Washington Examiner | March 11, 2021 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a bill that seeks to cancel rent and mortgages nationwide through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. The Rent and Mortgage Cancellation…

Published by Forbes | March 5, 2020 The coming of the new year didn’t magically wrap up all the turmoil we experienced in 2020. While most of us were more than ready to bid adieu to 2020, there’s still a fair amount of uncertainty as…

Published by REALTOR.com | March 2, 2021 In more than 15 of the 50 largest metros, buying a home was as—or more—affordable than renting in January 2021, according to a recent Realtor.com report. Since the coronavirus pandemic took…

Published by REALTOR.com | March 4, 2021 It looks like the era of cheap loans may be coming to an end. For the better part of a year, one bright spot for home buyers in this hypercompetitive market of record-high prices and a…

Originally published by Florida Realtors | February 17, 2021 4 Florida counties made the top 25 for increased risk of landlord default, mostly due to an eviction ban that made it harder for some owners to pay the property’s mortgage.…

A federal judge has ruled that the national moratorium on evictions instituted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John Barker did not issue an injunction; however, the Donald Trump…