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Jobs are plentiful at New London-based businesses such as the hospital and Colby-Sawyer College, but housing in town is not. “You need starter homes,” to attract and retain workers, Housing Commission Chairman Peter Nichols said by phone last month. The Housing Commission is an advisory body formed in 2020 to…

HousingWireHousingWire As the cost of buying a home has risen faster than the cost of renting for the past four quarters, it’s no surprise that renter households are witnessing more growth than their owner-occupied counterparts. The surge in renter households is outpacing the growth of homeowners in the U.S., as…

HousingWireHousingWire Fathom Holdings, the parent company of Fathom Realty, is expanding its footprint in Arizona. The firm announced Monday that it had acquired Scottsdale-based My Home Group, adding more than 2,200 agents to its headcount. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the company will be discussing…

HousingWireHousingWire I remember in 2007 when I told a neighbor I was about to become a loan officer. I had been working at Washington Mutual for a few months when I was offered the opportunity to go into a mentorship under the two top loan officers in the county.  She looked…

HousingWireHousingWire When it comes to what a possible Kamala Harris or Donald Trump victory in the presidential election means for the future of antitrust enforcement in the real estate space, lawyer and industry analyst Rob Hahn may have said it best. “Nobody knows anything,” Hahn wrote in the Nov. 1…