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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Elevated mortgage rates, sky-high home prices, tight credit and stagnant wages have all contributed to homebuyers getting older. Newly released data from the annual profile of home buyers and sellers by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows just how dramatically this trend has manifested since the financial crisis…
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