Housing market data positive despite Powell’s Grinch act by Logan Mohtashami for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell played the Grinch last week for the housing market, sending mortgage rates higher after his remarks at the Fed presser on Wednesday. Despite this, we had positive data on existing home sales, purchase applications, and our weekly pending contract figures. Total active listings are…

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Two charts that explain why Texas housing markets have stalled by Jeff Andrews for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Relatively cheap housing, low taxes, looser COVID-19 restrictions and an influx of major employers turned Texas housing markets into hotspots after the pandemic began in March 2020.  There weren’t many metro areas that rivaled the boom in Austin. The emerging technology sector brought wealth from the West Coast and…

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Anywhere settles lawsuit tied to Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint by Brooklee Han for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire After more than five years of back and forth, Anywhere and the plaintiffs in the Bumpus Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit have finally reached a proposed settlement. According to a notice filed last week and entered into the court docket on Thursday, the parties have reached a “class-wide…

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