housing

Builder Index Hits Record High As Suburbs Lure City Dwellers
Builder Index Hits Record High As Suburbs Lure City Dwellers
October 19, 2020  |  Real Estate

Builder confidence is surging for the second consecutive month, hitting a record high of 85 in October, according to the National Association of Home Builders...

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Till CEO: How Flexible Rent Payments Helps Landlords – And Tenants – Avoid Evictions
Till CEO: How Flexible Rent Payments Helps Landlords – And Tenants – Avoid Evictions
August 20, 2020  |  Real Estate

Amid the lingering economic aftershocks of the pandemic looms a housing crisis — if millions of people are unable to pay the rent. After trillions...

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40M Americans Could Be Evicted Due To Pandemic
40M Americans Could Be Evicted Due To Pandemic
July 30, 2020  |  Economy

With the pandemic still ongoing, as many as 40 million Americans may end up losing their homes, according to CNBC. That number would be four...

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Builders Counting On Toronto Housing Recovery
Builders Counting On Toronto Housing Recovery
July 20, 2020  |  Real Estate

Toronto’s population may be flat, but that hasn’t stopped the region’s developers from building apartments in the country’s financial capital at near record levels. Bloomberg...

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Seattle OKs Head Tax Aimed At Big Business
Seattle OKs Head Tax Aimed At Big Business
July 07, 2020  |  Taxes

Seattle’s City Council passed a new tax for big businesses operating in the city, including Amazon, according to CNBC. The tax, called the JumpStart Seattle...

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Data Shows Less US Home Mortgages In Forbearance First Since March
Data Shows Less US Home Mortgages In Forbearance First Since March
June 23, 2020  |  Loans

The latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has seen a decrease in the number of loans up for forbearance,...

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Redfin On The US Housing Market’s Great Snapback (For Now)
Redfin On The US Housing Market’s Great Snapback (For Now)
June 12, 2020  |  Real Estate

For housing, the great snapback? As stock markets whipsaw (the Dow was off more 6 percent on Thursday), as the Federal Reserve sees mid-single-digit economic...

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Home Sales Up 0.6 Pct In April Despite Lockdown
Home Sales Up 0.6 Pct In April Despite Lockdown
May 26, 2020  |  Economy

Sales of new single-family homes were up 0.6 percent in April compared to March, but they fell by 6 percent compared to April 2019, according...

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Fewer Renters Pay On Time Amid The Coronavirus
Fewer Renters Pay On Time Amid The Coronavirus
May 01, 2020  |  Economy

Amid decreasing consumer confidence and increasing job losses, the economic impacts of the coronavirus continue to build. While 91.5 percent of renters in buildings that...

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