When disaster strikes, here’s what a renter needs to know about preparing for extreme weather events such as rent abatement and lease termination.
Author: Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY
Exclusive: Fannie Mae to announce plan to bolster renters’ credit scores
About 45 million consumers may be denied access to credit because they don’t have scorable credit records: Fannie Mae wants to help
Home prices keep rising amid a seller’s housing market. So why has new homebuilding hit a crawl?
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes falling fast. Single-family permits are now down 25% from their peak in February.
Mortgage applications are down 23% from a year ago. What does that mean?
Homebuyers are grappling with home prices that are still soaring amid rising inventory, falling home sales and volatile interest rates.
‘Brutal’ housing prices hit America’s Zoom towns – markets once flourishing in the pandemic
Setting seller expectations has been the biggest challenge to navigate in the slowing Zoom town markets, say real estate agents.
Should you buy a house or rent? What to know about ‘savage’ housing market before you decide
It’s been nerve-wracking for homebuyers grappling with still-soaring prices despite rising inventory, falling sales and volatile interest rates.
Housing: What is a land contract? Advantages, disadvantages of the homeownership practice
From the buyer’s perspective, purchasing a property on land contract combines the worst of buying and renting.
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Exclusive: Energy utility costs went up, but made up a smaller percentage of expenses for new homebuyers
An analysis of MLS mortgage-cost data in the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas and state-level energy cost data.
Real estate agents flocked to the profession in 2021. Will the trend continue?
In 2021,100, 876, new members joined NAR, marking an 82% increase in new entrants pursuing a career in real estate compared to the previous year.