HousingWireHousingWireThe National Association of Realtors has taken its fight with the Department of Justice to the Supreme Court. As it previously indicated it would, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) filed a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court on Thursday. The trade group is asking the nation’s highest court…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will rise by 2.5% in 2025, the lowest such increase since 2021. This reflects cooling levels of inflation after a period of historic increases, which pushed the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to its own heights during and after the COVID-19 pandemic….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWireAgents and LOs are grappling with heavily damaged housing markets in the Southeast. Housing markets in the Southeast are reeling from a one-two punch of devastating hurricanes that are believed to have caused at least $100 billion in damage. The housing markets in Tampa, Florida, and Asheville, North Carolina, have…
Continue reading →(Photo by Deb Cram, Seacoast Media Group) Ex-Sheriff Mark Brave faces 5 new charges, allegedly lied under oath Ex-Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave is facing new felony perjury charges and misdemeanor counts of false swearing and unsworn falsification. Criminal counts against Brave continue to stack up more than a year after he…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday announced $3 million in new grants for North Carolina residents impacted by Hurricane Helene. But independent reporting has also detailed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has nearly exhausted funding for the next year in just the…
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