Mortgage lenders will be more profitable in 2025, but there are headwinds, Fitch says by Flávia Furlan Nunes for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The election of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States has brought mortgage rates closer to the 7% threshold, but Fitch Ratings expects them to settle lower in the coming months. Looking ahead to 2025, analysts from the credit ratings agency expect declining rates to increase mortgage…

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States are making ADUs easier to build. Now it’s up to municipalities to follow suit. by Mike Koenig for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The national housing shortage, the benefits of increased density, an ongoing shift in consumer tastes toward smaller homes closer to where the urban action is, and other factors have pushed state legislators to make it easier to build accessory dwelling units.  In 2024 alone, Colorado, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Hawaii…

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