High-Performance Homes Jim Nostedt on How High Performance Can Beat Code-Built Homes on Price SEEFAR's Jim Nostedt shares how an appraisal/analysis called Total Cost of Building Ownership reveals the true cost of building and operating a sustainable building
Financing A Year in Record-Breaking Mortgage Rates While the overall economy was sent into a tailspin, both the housing and mortgage industries flourished in 2020, thanks to the swift...
Financing Cash is No Longer King in Today’s Housing Market The sound of an all-cash offer once enticed sellers much more than it does today, all thanks to low mortgage rates and low inventory. “All...
Financing Mortgage Refinancing Up 105% Annually as Rates Remain Below 3% For the 15th time this year, mortgage rates have broken a record and buyers seem to be unfazed. Mortgage rates dropped from 2.90% to 2.85%...
Government + Policy How Could Biden's Proposed First-Time Buyer Credit Affect the Market? President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed tax credit for first time homebuyers aims to assist with an initial down payment, but brings with it...
Market Data + Trends What an Increase in All-Cash Sales Says About These Markets More buyers are putting in all-cash offers, especially among high-end homebuyers, says CNBC. While the rise of overall all-cash sales are...
Economics As Mortgage Rates Lower, Millions of Americans Can Save Big With mortgage rates down to a new low, a record 19.4 million Americans could save hundreds per month. The average interest rate for Freddie...
Financing Disaster Recovery Through Job Order Contracting When disaster strikes your community, job order contracting is a reliable, efficient way to fund rebuilding efforts
Market Data + Trends Mortgage Demand Shrinks to 6-Month Low Record low mortgage rates are proving to be unhelpful as homebuyer demand falls for the sixth time in seven weeks. Mortgage application...
Government + Policy The Potential Future of Housing-Finance Reform Under the Biden Administration The future of the housing-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now falls onto President-elect Joe Biden’s shoulders. Both have remained...
