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HousingWireHousingWire The baby boomer generation is “slipping through the cracks” of the U.S. retirement system due to the rising prices of home insurance across the country, according to an analysis from online insurance marketplace Insurify. “A new source of financial strain on retiree budgets is homeowners insurance premiums, which have…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Since Aug. 13, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced disaster relief efforts across six states due to presidentially declared major disasters resulting from a hurricane, flooding, tornadoes and landslides. A few days after President Joe Biden issued a major disaster declaration in Florida stemming…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Affordable homes have long been in short supply for lower-income households, but data released Monday by Redfin showed positive signs for the starter-home segment. According to Redfin, pending sales of starter homes grew 10.2% year over year in July to reach their highest level since October 2022. This was…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Compass is making progress on its goal of establishing a 30% market share in 30 of country’s top metro areas. The brokerage has expanded its roster in Houston with the addition of Natasha Simon, who brings $892 million in career sales across 1,200 transactions to the company. She was…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is facing yet another lawsuit. The latest complaint, which is seeking class-action status, was filed on Friday by eight real estate agents in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The suit claims that NAR, along with Move Inc., Move Sales, OpCity Acquisitions, OpCity Inc. …
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