Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Developers continue to build in these areas with few obvious signs of slowing, the story said. “La Since 2019, the state of Florida has built more than 77,000 new properties in areas with a high risk of flooding. Homes built in high-risk flood zones contribute significantly to the total. A lot of times that’s not happening right now.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mortgage lending, small business loans, and investments in local development projects are all driven by local lenders who know their markets, live in their communities, and have a vested interest in the growth of their economies. The FHLBanks are also key players in affordable housing and community development initiatives.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Urbanization is rapidly transforming cities worldwide. By 2050, it is projected that 90% of the U.S. population will reside in urban areas, signifying a monumental shift towards city living. As cities become denser, the challenge of providing sufficient, affordable housing becomes more acute. rose 37.5%.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

These observations fueled my commitment to developing “Beyond Our Walls,” WakeMed’s health equity curriculum, which explores how issues like housing are pivotal factors in public health. This knowledge gap is particularly impactful for low-income families who face unique challenges in establishing a sense of home.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This can create much confusion when developing and maintaining an emergency response plan. Develop and test plans Office buildings are mandated to develop emergency preparedness plans and conduct evacuation drills. Watery catastrophes have become far more and condo flooding is on the rise. Good disaster response is no different.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Those areas that I’m now developing I grew up in. I remember what it’s like to have slumlords,” said Jermaine Morgan, a Columbus, Georgia-based local community developer who purchases distressed property at auction. “I Collectively, local community developers like Jermaine significantly impact neighborhood stabilization nationwide.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Weaker demand from the local community developers buying at auction suggests continued weakness in the retail housing market into early 2025 given that those local community developers are anticipating retail market conditions about six months into the future,” Daren Blomquist, vice president of market economics at Auction.com, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Without more clarity on mortgage rates , substantial growth in housing permits is unlikely. percent (19.7 percent)* above the revised November rate of 674,000 and is 6.7 percent (16.2 percent)* above the December 2023 estimate of 654,000. percent (19.7 percent (16.2

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), last week filed a slew of new documents in their court case against Texas Capital Bank (TCB). Attorneys for the U.S. government, working on behalf of Ginnie Mae and the U.S. The first filing made on Aug.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While state-level ADU policies take aim at local rules that hamper ADU development, there’s still work to be done. Colorado’s HB24-1152 and Arizona’s SB 1415 followed the main tenets of what’s become a standard approach to stoking ADU development. That’s because impact fees can add up to more than enough to stifle ADU development.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

It prevents the development of a skilled workforce that can adapt to new technologies and market conditions. Employee input and engagement are crucial during the development and implementation phases. Change Management Develop robust strategies to manage the human side of technological change. Is technology the problem?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. New home sales grew over last month in the latest Census report , but homebuilders are now facing a supply issue their inventory is building up. This is the reason why housing starts are at recession levels today. This situation poses a risk to construction labor in 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Michael Nourmand, president of Beverly Hills-based Nourmand & Associates Realtors , said in an interview Wednesday with HousingWire that safety is the top priority. This law applies to those who sell food, emergency supplies, medical supplies, building materials, and gasoline. But those on the scene have already witnessed price gouging.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. ” Nikol Solares Solares brings 20 years of experience in luxury development, new construction sales and marketing to her new role. .” Adam Vellano was promoted to managing director of the South Florida market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A lower Fed funds rate can assist with land purchases and apartment construction, but that process would take considerable time before we see any development. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari recently stated that housing demand is high so the clearance rate (mortgage rates) should be higher. percent (±11.6 percent (±9.0

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

On Twitter today, the Minneapolis Fed tweeted out a quote from one of their recent articles : “9th District apartment construction is expected to slow down soon as number of construction permits sought by developers fall. It’s not booming. It’s not falling.” ” message.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The trade group said that its immediate focus is to “develop a comprehensive strategy for its approach to all existing litigation and begin an assessment of any additional risk the association has based on current policies and rules.” CEO Nykia Wright informed NAR members of the news in an email sent Tuesday and obtained by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Zoning in America was developed and designed for racial segregation,” Dworkin told USA Today. Milton residents, however, contend that it’s not affordable housing they’re standing against as much as the scale of the proposed development and its unknown impact on the community. This is not a subtle tool.” I welcome it, I love to see it.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Step 4: Develop a recruitment and retention strategy Attracting and retaining top talent is critical to scaling your team. Offer training, mentorship, and career development plans to support long-term success. Action plan: Develop client-centric processes that make transactions seamless and stress-free.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This acquisition furthers our long-term plan of developing a full-service commission-free homebuying and financing technology platform powered by our proprietary AI technology and dedicated professionals,” Brent Miller, chief financial officer of reAlpha, said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These include six “Develop the Developer” academies from Freddie Mac, with the goal to better address the capacity for housing development in rural areas. And Fannie Mae “will focus on enabling rural Community Development Financial Institutions to access secondary markets,” the FHFA explained.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Despite that projected need for more senior housing, however, development on dedicated senior housing units and facilities ground to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic and has largely stood still since then, the report explained. This is according to a report published this week by the Wall Street Journal. The projected aging of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Dubbed “HMBS 2.0,” the forthcoming program’s development was initially announced early this year before Ginnie Mae released a more detailed term sheet over the summer. Dubbed “HMBS 2.0,” the forthcoming program’s development was initially announced early this year before Ginnie Mae released a more detailed term sheet over the summer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

This rise reflects a growing trend among developers to construct homes specifically for the rental market, catering to those who desire the benefits of single-family living but might not have the means, or desire, to purchase. Build-to-rent developments aren’t the only response to this increase in single-family rental demand.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO)’s dedicated reverse mortgage development work group is targeting January 2025 as the release window for reverse mortgage standards it is helping to develop. Almost as important, he added, is the participation of non-reverse lending companies in the conversation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As the housing market fluctuates, inventory levels are a critical factor for builders, developers and buyers. Those who have invested in prime locations can command higher prices or enter joint ventures with other developers looking to meet demand. However, absorption rates, or the pace at which homes are sold, remain low.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Once the analysis is complete, REcolorado’s leadership develops strategies based on the insights gained in the aforementioned cross-functional team meetings. Once the analysis is complete, REcolorado’s leadership develops strategies based on the insights gained in the aforementioned cross-functional team meetings.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Have a seat and buckle in. The real estate industry is already in a whirlwind and the year has barely kicked off. To put it simply, the industry appears to be in its rapid evolution era. What does this look like? Firstly, real estate professionals are facing an unyielding storm of new challenges. Dont waste it.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced the disbursement of $72.6 million in new funding under the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program, adding up to $2 million to 38 individual community recipients to bolster housing development , expansion and preservation.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The promotion applies to select homes in various housing developments across multiple cities. Magnolia Ridge, one of the participating housing developments in the Greater Houston deal, is offering $7,500 to $7,500 off select homes , with a few of the homes seeing prices drop from $289,200 to $244,990 and $248,590 to $239,990.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The increase was largely attributable to the way that FHFA developed its market forecast.” Fannie and Freddie are also legally mandated to follow housing goals that “serve as benchmarks for measuring how the GSEs facilitate the financing of affordable housing for low-income families,” the report stated.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Council of Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) lauded this week’s release of a report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which highlighted the banks’ growth in support of affordable housing and community development efforts in 2023. It also indicated that the banks gave $134.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Using growth indicators that measure upcoming construction and development, southern metros take eight spots in the top 10 list. in builder/developer land, 4% in recent build and 1.1% Southern housing markets have dominated growth lists over the last few years, and a report by CoreLogic today shows Southern markets are still hot.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In an email to partners on Tuesday, ICE said that it will be closing down the Encompass SDK (Software Development Kit) on the same day it sunsets the program’s Technology Partner Network, Total Quality Loan Services, PSDK and ePass. and Mortgage Automation Technologies (which is not SDK-based). ” he said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $325 million in Choice Neighborhood grants for affordable housing construction and community development. Exemptions would be provided to new construction and units with “substantial” renovation and rehabilitation. Government watchdog Accountable.US Also on Tuesday, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Census Bureau and the U.S. In August, housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.356 million, up 2.9% month over month and up 3.9% compared to a year ago. The single-family sector was the sole source of thus increase, as multifamily starts were down 6.7% monthly and 6.2%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

And actual robotic assistance is something being developed in other parts of the world, including through government endorsement of the idea. In Japan, robot development is being encouraged by the government, industry, and academia, with a general optimism towards their application, the article explained.

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