HousingWireHousingWire It has been almost two months since mortgage rates spiked again, and my initial thought was this would tank housing demand. We had a positive 18-week period with purchase applications before mortgage rates started rising in September. I figured those increases would produce the same weakness in purchase apps…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez sits down with Chad Smith, president and chief operating officer at Better. The duo discuss Smith’s decision to join Better, the company’s new platform and AI loan assistant, and its growth strategies going into 2025. This…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire President-elect Donald Trump announced late Friday that he has chosen Scott Turner, the former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), to serve as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in his administration. Scott Turner Turner, an ally…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire As the U.S. housing market slowed down in the third quarter due to rising home prices and higher mortgage rates, investor purchases also ramped down, according to a new report by Redfin. The Seattle-based brokerage found that real estate investor purchases dropped by 2.3% year over year in Q3…
Continue reading →Flower petals floated downstream as the Cochecho River carried away another piece of Deb Clough’s hard work. After months of stolen plants, shattered planters, and mounting frustration, Deb found herself on the brink of giving up. But instead of walking away, she reached out to Dover High School’s welding class, and together they created something extraordinary: custom brackets that made the planters vandal-proof. The flowers thrived again, and the collaboration became a testament to what a determined community can accomplish. But this was just the beginning of how Deb’s mission would transform Dover—click to read more.
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