HousingWireHousingWire In what seems to have become an ongoing tradition, lawmakers in Congress are bringing the federal government ever closer to a partial shutdown due to an impending lapse in appropriations scheduled for Friday, March 14 if they can’t agree on a funding plan. The impacts are likely to be…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Generally speaking, retirement sentiment among those currently in the planning stage is high. Two-thirds of pre-retirees express confidence in their plans as it stands, but the metric took a notable dip of 7 percentage points when compared to 2024, according to new survey results from Fidelity Investments. The source…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Compass is in “advanced talks” to acquire HomeServices of America, the real estate wing of Warren Buffett-owned conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. The news was reported Thursday afternoon by The Wall Street Journal. The outlet cited unnamed sources and said that a deal “could come together soon, if talks don’t hit…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage industry veterans Eli Fairfield and Brian Keranen have joined Everett Financial (dba Supreme Lending) as regional directors for the Pacific Southwest, the company announced. Fairfield and Keranen bring decades of experience in mortgage lending, as loan originators and managers in California. In recent years, they have focused on…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Citing federal budget uncertainty, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles announced last week that it has stopped accepting new applications for Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs), commonly referred to as Section 8 vouchers that subsidize rents for tens of thousands of city tenants. In statements to the…
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