Nov 22, 2016 | Real Estate News
Americans Show Less Willingness to Move Moves across the country dropped to an all-time low this year, new Census data shows. The percentage of Americans migrating within the country dropped to 11.2 percent, according to the Census’ “Geographic Mobility: 2015 to 2016”...
Nov 21, 2016 | Real Estate News
More Tiny Neighborhoods Are Coming Tiny homes are still mostly illegal in the majority of the country since they don’t tend to meet municipalities’ zoning and building standards. But more cities are looking to change ordinances to pave the way for entire tiny home...
Nov 17, 2016 | Real Estate News
3 Issues That Could Expand Fair Housing Law Shifting societal values and the ever-changing world of technology are creating new legal challenges that the federal Fair Housing Act must address. Emerging issues, such as the rights of immigrants and transgender people,...
Nov 16, 2016 | Real Estate News
Millennials Flee Coasts in Favor of Central U.S. As young Americans move out on their own, they’re choosing more inland areas of the country to call home. The metro areas seeing some of the biggest surges in millennial populations are in Charlotte, N.C.; Houston; and...
Nov 16, 2016 | NAR For the Media
Just-Released FHA Report Shows Fresh Opportunity to Make Homeownership More Affordable WASHINGTON (November 15, 2016) — The Federal Housing Administration’s just released (link is external) actuarial report shows that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is on a steady...
Nov 14, 2016 | Real Estate News
Study: Home Ownership Key in Retirement Older home owners who leverage the equity in their home may be better off in funding their retirement, according to a new study by the Urban Institute. However, the recession may have hampered many retirees’ abilities to do so....
Nov 11, 2016 | Real Estate News
Why Veterans Make Some of the Best Clients There are 18.8 million veterans and veteran families in the U.S. That’s a huge pool of potential buyers and sellers. Traditionally, the home ownership rate for veterans of the U.S. military has outpaced non-veterans. In 2006,...
Nov 10, 2016 | Real Estate News
Affordability Issues Strike Rural Areas Rural housing is facing an affordability crisis that’s only getting worse. Large cuts in government funding for rural housing support is creating a serious problem for both renters and home owners, according to a draft...
Nov 9, 2016 | Real Estate News
‘I Voted’ Stickers Have Real Estate Connection Those white “I voted” stickers people received at the polls Tuesday have an apparent tie to real estate. The Phoenix Association of REALTORS® claims that they originally came up with the idea for...
Nov 8, 2016 | Real Estate News
A Perk for Owners Near Football Stadiums For home owners who live near popular college football towns, they may be able to recoup up to 70 percent of their monthly home ownership costs by renting out their home on game days for just one night, shows a new analysis....