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FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon gets to work

Housing Wire

During her visits, one thing stood out to Golding, who served as the Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s principal deputy assistant secretary from 2015 to 2017. During the hearing in 2015, Gordon said that the FHA should focus on improving its program that allows homebuyers to include renovation and repair costs in their mortgage.

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HOUSING ‘TRIFECT’ PUTTING SQUEEZE ON BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

also the oldest age of a first-timer ever recorded by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Some developers are delivering smaller homes in the form of four- and six-plex townhomes on a parcel of land that once featured a single-family house. Bellevue has an average hourly wage for developers of $74.85. and Palm Bay, Fla.,

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

“There is a strong desire for homeownership across this country, but the lack of supply is preventing too many Americans from achieving that dream,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Housing affordability decreased in 45 of the 50 states from 2012 to 2019. percentage points.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

Housing starts – the number of units builders would begin if development kept pace for the next 12 months – increased 19% nationally to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.7 They have declined for two consecutive months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Now, home builders would need to construct as many as 1.2