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These Loans Are Helping Real Estate Investors Buy and Rent Out Homes—So Why Doesn’t Everyone Get One? When most people buy a house, they use a mortgage to help finance the purchase. For conventional or government-backed loans, the borrower submits an application to a lender, who investigates the borrower’s finances, assesses their ability to repayRead …
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Mortgage Bankers Release Plan to Lower Borrowing Costs for Homebuyers A wide range of reforms is available to make housing more affordable, without requiring Congress to act, the Mortgage Bankers Association has said. During MBA’s annual convention in Chicago, the trade group released a wide-ranging roadmap to improving housing affordability, including reforms to credit scoringRead …
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Fleeing High Rent in Major Cities? Why These ‘Affordable Refuge’ Metros Are Getting Pricier High rents in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, DC, have pushed many to relocate to “affordability refuges.” But now, rents are rising in several of those cities. The Realtor.com® September 2026 rental report shows that the national medianRead …
Higher mortgage rates are slowing Florida home sales, but prices remain relatively stable and the luxury market continues to thrive. Florida Realtors Chief Economist Dr. Brad O’Connor breaks down September 2026 housing trends and what they mean for the months…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Will Fund Homebuilding Reforms in 30 Cities Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic organization is bringing funding to 30 cities in hopes of speeding homebuilding reforms. Bloomberg Philanthropies and nonprofit think tank Accelerator for America will lead a project to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to help cities improve their permitting and approval processes forRead …
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A ‘Trump Bump’ to Social Security Is Coming in 2027—With a Catch On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration announced that Social Security benefits will go up 3.6% in 2027, about $75 a month for the average retired worker. But the increase exists only because everyday costs have climbed, and for retirees who own homes, expensesRead …
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What happened to mortgage rates this week? The Freddie Mac 30-year mortgage rate held steady at 7.4% this week as the 10-year Treasury yield stabilized around 5.2%. September’s CPI came in slightly hotter than expected, and of rising concern is the uptick in core CPI, which suggests that price pressures may be broadening beyond energyRead …
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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady at 3-Year High as Bond Market Stabilizes Mortgage rates held steady at a three-year high this week as a technology and AI stock selloff, triggered by a higher-than-expected inflation print, drove investors toward safer government bonds. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans was unchanged at 7.40% for the weekRead …
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What this week’s data shows This week, inventory growth accelerated to its strongest pace since early in the year, new listings continued to pull back, and asking prices fell at a steeper rate than we have seen since late July. Time on market, which had been running faster than a year ago for most ofRead …
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HGTV’S Charlie Kawas Opens Up About Sharing Cancer Treatment on ‘Botched Homes’: ‘It’s a Tough Place To Be In’ As a first-season HGTV star, Charlie Kawas may be new to TV, but after nearly 30 years of construction work, he’s got the experience and attitude to handle just about anything—whether that’s a challenging renovation orRead …
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