Opinion How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Affects HELOCs The Internal Revenue Service recently clarified the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC). The...
Opinion Could Rising Interest Rates Affect Home Values? The U.S. Federal Reserve is tightening its monetary policy, as the 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate is now at 4.5 percent. In the years...
Opinion Homebuyers May Be Losing Purchasing Power As Rates Rise Mortgage rates increased again the week of February 5th, 2018, and mortgage application volume dropped 6.6 percent from the previous week. ...
Opinion Fannie and Freddie Affordable Housing Goals Could Be 'Major Point of Disagreement' U.S. lawmakers seek to reform the government-sponsored enterprises' relationship to the mortgage market. However, disagreement on proposed...
Opinion Positives and Negatives of Trump Infrastructure Proposal for Housing Industry Some experts say that the recently proposed infrastructure plan from President Donald Trump could bring improved roads and bridges and...
Opinion Slow-Growth Initiative Argues that Capping Building Permits Will Stimulate Colorado's Economy Golden, Colorado resident and real estate broker Daniel Hayes is pushing for Ballot Initiative 66 to be put on the November ballot limiting...
Opinion Denver Listing Is Prime Example of Tight Housing Market Over the course of 72 hours, roughly 100 people toured a home for sale in Denver, priced at $500,000. In January, Denver had 26 percent...
Opinion Housing Industry Experts Weigh in on Trump's State of the Union Address This week, President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address covering the recently passed tax reform, and the ongoing...
Opinion The Power of the U.S. Housing Market In 2017, the U.S. had the strongest housing market in 10 years. Redfin's chief economist Nela Richardson explains how housing helped the...
