Financing Refinancing Boom Has Lenders Struggling to Keep Up Low rates are great for builders—for lenders, however, not so much. Not only do they lead to less return for the companies after people rush...
Financing Top 10 States With the Highest—and Lowest—Taxes It is tax season again, and as everyone heads to their local accountant or fumbles around on guided computer programs, homeowners have...
Financing How Startups Are Shaking Up Home Financing Buyers interested in a home purchase but intimidated by the choice between a) large down payments or b) mortgage insurance and expensive...
Financing This Is How Many Hours It Takes to Make Rent in the Top 25 Cities There are 525,600 minutes in a year, and if you rent in San Jose, Calif., you will spend nearly 55,000 of them working to pay rent. In other...
Financing Here Is How to Find the Lowest Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates are the lowest they have been in years. But to find the best rate, potential homebuyers must shop around or risk being locked...
Financing More Americans Are Confident When Taking on Debt 2020 is beginning to be the year of good vibes: Americans are feeling better about the economy, builders are confident, and now even those...
Financing The Unbalanced Distribution of Up-Front Renting Fees There is a freedom that comes from renting: You can pick up and move anywhere as long as the lease is up or you are able to pay to break it....
Government + Policy President Trump Signs Tax Extenders Into Law NAHB Policy Briefing | Tax extenders are temporary provisions in the tax code that have expired and have to be cleared by Congress retroactively each year in order for filers to take them / Single-family home starts data
Financing Mortgage Rates Drop to Nearly 3-Year Low, Sparking Refinancing Rush If homeowners were thinking about refinancing, now is a great time to make the leap. The mortgage rate for 30-year fixed loans dropped 0.7...
Business Management Landsea Homes Acquires Garrett Walker Homes Landsea Homes, a leading home builder that develops master-planned communities, is continuing its expansion into the Arizona market with the...