Most business owners are aware that most of New Hampshire’s municipalities have adopted zoning ordinances which regulate how land can be used. Businesses that are new to an area of the state, or that are growing and expanding, may encounter situations in which they need to seek relief from the…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Judge Andrea R. Wood, who is overseeing the two Batton homebuyer commission lawsuits and the Moehrl commission suit, has recused herself from the cases, according to a legal filing on Wednesday. In the filing, the Chicago-based U.S. district court judge said that it had recently come to her attention…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The city council of Portland, Oregon, unanimously passed what it is calling the city’s first-ever housing production strategy, which is based on a proposal introduced this summer by Commissioner Carmen Rubio. Like many major metropolitan areas across the country, Portland is facing a housing shortage as well as an…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Artificial intelligence is already a tool in Zillow’s search experience, and now the company is adding natural language capabilities to it. Zillow’s existing AI search capabilities already allowed for surfacing homes on the basis of things related to the home itself. Now the AI can search by commute times,…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage demand rose slightly last week as mortgage rates moved lower. Loan application volume increased 1.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending Aug. 30 compared to the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA’s refinance index decreased 0.3% from the previous week…
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