HousingWireHousingWire U.S. home prices are projected to flatten in the third quarter and decline 1% year over year by the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a new report from Redfin. The company also expects mortgage rates to remain elevated near 7% through the end of the year. This marks…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The MLS industry’s trade group, the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) is looking for a new CEO. On Thursday, the trade group announced that longtime CEO Denee Evans is stepping down at the end of this year. Evans is staying in her role through December 2025 “to ensure…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire New American Funding (NAF) announced that it’s expanding its Housing Advocate Certification (HAC) program to real estate professionals nationwide. Originally developed and launched internally through its NAF Black Impact initiative, the HAC program has trained more than 1,000 company employees, NAF said. Now the mortgage lender is inviting external…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The preferences that older adults have to remain in their homes as they age is well documented, but institutional support for aging in place can be difficult to find. In Iowa‘s most populous county, that support has arrived. Polk County, which encompasses the state’s capital and largest city, Des…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire As the housing crisis manifests in different ways across various states, lawmakers in Texas recently approved a bill that would allow for more conversions of commercial buildings into residential units to bolster housing supply and reduce costs. The Texas House of Representatives gave its approval to S.B 840, which…
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