HousingWireHousingWire Today’s new home sales report beat market expectations, just like last week’s existing home sales report. However, a detailed analysis of the data explains why housing permits continue to remain at recession-level figures. Builders are struggling to get clarity on how many homes they can sell in this rate…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Recently, we’ve shared that the inventory of unsold homes is growing. In recent weeks, home sales also faltered in the face of 7% mortgage rates. Now we’re noticing some signals in the data that national home prices could turn negative this spring, showing year-over-year home-price declines for the first…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this month published an issue spotlight that takes a closer look at home equity contracts, or what the industry refers to as home equity investments (HEIs) that offer a lump sum payment to clients in exchange for a stake in their home equity….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire After 16 months of back and forth, Judge Patti B. Saris has made it clear that she is ready to move on from the Nosalek commission lawsuit. During a hearing on Monday, Saris announced that she was scheduling the preliminary approval hearing for the settlement agreement reached in June…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Home negotiations technology platform Indigo just received a large investment to expand its operations in 2025. The company announced this week that it secured $8 million in funding to offer better insights and cohesiveness to real estate agents. Pete Flint at venture capital firm NFX, Clelia Warburg Peters at…
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