Mortgage Mix: Significant HUD, FHFA Policy Shifts and Terminations Affect Housing
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday ...
Tag: HUD
HUD to Require Proof of Citizenship, Permanent Residency to Get FHA-Insured Loans
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Wednesday it will no longer allow non-permanent residents or non-U.S. ...
New Home Sales Increase in February After January Decline
A slight decline in mortgage rates, coupled with limited existing inventory, helped new home sales inch higher in February, in ...
Legislative Round-Up: Alabama Moves to Reform Buyer Rep Agreement Rules
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series, Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate ...
New HUD Secretary Vows to Work With Builders to Cut Regulations, Boost Housing Supply
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner said on Feb. 27 that he would work to reduce regulatory ...
Atlanta Fed President Discusses Affordability, Inflation at “Fireside Chat”
The Urban Land Institute Housing Opportunity Conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, brings together housing professionals in the private and public ...
New Home Sales Down 10.5% as Markets Waver on Affordability
The latest numbers, released jointly by the U.S Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development, show sales of new single-family ...
New Residential Construction Trends Down Almost 10% in January
This year kicked off with a downturn in construction—seasonally adjusted, there were only 1,366,000 privately-owned housing starts in January, 9.8% ...
Opportunity Zones Brought Local Home Prices Higher in 2024
Current Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner previously worked in housing during the first Trump administration—specifically overseeing so-called ...
HUD to Cut 50% of Employees Amid Trump and DOGE Crackdown
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) appears to be joining the roster of government agencies facing cuts. ...
4 Ways to Tap the Often-Overlooked Senior Housing Market
When a person hits 80, the idea of downsizing and moving, either across town or across the country to be near children, can become less of a choice and more of a necessity. Read more.
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