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Cuyahoga County Tax-Forfeiture Auction Closes—Buyers and Former Owners Both Face Tight Deadlines If you won a bid at Cuyahoga County’s forfeited land auction earlier this month, check the county’s Rules of Sale for payment requirements and deadlines. The three-day sale ran at the Huntington Convention Center on St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland, moving throughRead …
Homebuilder Sentiment Slumps to One-Year Low as Mortgage Rates Surge With summer drawing to a close, homebuilders are feeling discouraged as climbing mortgage rates are keeping buyers from making a move. Builder confidence in new-home sales dropped three points month over month, decreasing the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) toRead …
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Trump Nominates New Head for Federal Housing Administration The White House has picked a familiar mortgage expert to lead the Federal Housing Administration. The Trump administration nominated Matt Jones to head FHA and serve as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Jones would require Senate confirmation to serve permanently. He’dRead …
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Mortgage Applications Plunge as Rates Rise and Fed Prepares To Hike Mortgage applications fell this past week as concerns over inflation and an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike put a chill on the market, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. For the week ending Sept. 11, MBA’s Market Composite Index—a measure of total mortgageRead …
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Midwest City Known as ‘Niceville USA’ Leads the Nation in Homebuilding and Affordability As surging mortgage rates and stubborn inflation squeeze Americans’ budgets, 10 cities across the South and Midwest stand out as rare strongholds of aggressive homebuilding and relative affordability, led by a thriving Heartland construction hub. Nationally, the U.S. faces a deficit ofRead …
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Federal Housing Law’s Architects Say Cities Must Now Step Up To Implement Reforms What started as a conversation in a Washington, DC, steakhouse is now the law of the land. But the architects of the largest housing bill in 30 years worry about its implementation and the housing affordability subjects it didn’t address. It’s nowRead …
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Running a Side Hustle From Home Could Suddenly Void Your Insurance Policy Side hustles are now the norm. In fact, about 47% of Americans have earned income from one this year, according to the 2026 Entrepreneurship Study by QuickBooks. And on average, they make $1,275 per month or roughly $15,000 per year. With the risingRead …
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Florida Realtors’ leadership team members teamed up with representatives from local associations to host a booth at CiMi 360, an annual event that focuses on building REAL real estate relationships.
Florida Realtors® Chief Economist Dr. Brad O’Connor breaks down the latest numbers and what they could mean for Florida’s housing market.
After nearly a year of improving home sales, Florida’s housing market hit a speed bump in August. But the latest numbers look more like a market leveling off than one taking a significant turn for the worse. In the August…
