HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage rates are lower this year compared to last, and while they haven’t dropped to 6% yet, many are wondering if we might see a pick-up in existing home sales driven by our early indicators. Today, I’m diving into this intriguing topic! It’s important to note that my focus…
Continue reading →Michelline Dufort Michelline Dufort|!!| director of the Center for Family Business and CEO Forum at UNH Michelline Dufort, executive director at The UNH CEO & Family Enterprise Center, discusses the center’s programs and peer groups, and how family enterprises can utilize its resources to effect growth in their businesses. Tune…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Alabama governor Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that ensures homebuyers only have to sign a buyer brokerage agreement prior to submitting an offer on a property and not before touring a home with an agent. Ivey signed the bill into law on Tuesday after it passed…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The National Association of Realtors (NAR) was one of the more bullish forecasters of the 2025 housing market, but the trade group has revised its outlook. In its quarterly NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit Update, economists Lawrence Yun and Nadia Evangelou said they now expect existing-home sales to rise…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire As high property taxes continue to be a source of financial strain for homeowners, a proposal floated last month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to ban property taxes in the state appears to be gaining traction, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. The plan,…
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