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White House announces new housing initiatives to boost homeownership

Housing Wire

homeownership, alongside data detailing housing aid that has been provided since 2021. FHA is considering potential policy changes that could increase the funds available to borrowers to make renovations and repairs,” the announcement said. The White House on Monday announced a series of new initiatives designed to boost U.S.

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Home Renovations in 2021

Lamacchia Realty

HOME RENOVATIONS IN 2021. As we begin to see the other side of the pandemic and throughout the past year, the home improvement and renovation industry is seeing an extremely high demand for tools, materials, and home improvement service providers. Cost of Materials. The cost for lumber is 3x higher than it was last March.

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Biden’s plan to fix housing supply depends on Congress

Housing Wire

The Biden administration today unveiled a plan that it says will “help close” the housing supply gap, which one 2021 tally put at 1.5 The plan is in addition to measures the federal government announced in September 2021 that the federal government said would create 100,000 homes in three years. million homes, in five years.

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Todman on HUD’s steps to increase supply, review rules and get the money ’out the door’   

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is focusing on launching initiatives to increase home supply, review existing rules in and ensure the agency is “getting the money out the door.“ “In Before joining HUD, Todman was the CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) from 2017 to June 2021.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

Once the transfer of ownership occurs at foreclosure auction, a distressed property can be renovated and returned to the retail market as affordable housing for homeowners or renters. “[I My renovated homes are] reducing the number of rental properties , which in our town has become a source of demise.” In 2019 the number was 200,000.

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How Biden’s Neighborhood Homes proposal impacts real estate investors

Housing Wire

“The first house I rehabbed last year, it was a house that had fire damage in the kitchen, and it was just kind of an eyesore on a nice quiet street,” said McCormick, who said she purchased the home for $25,000 and then put $65,000 into renovations before selling to an owner-occupant buyer for $134,000. “It of the 2021 estimated market value.

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What Will It Take to Solve the Housing Crisis? 

Appraisal Buzz

In 2021, more than 90% of builders reported backlogs and supply scarcity. Building entire neighbors can encourage large-scale construction. These developed skinny towers as luxury condominiums. Immigration policies can impact construction because the industry relies on them for labor. Loosen Immigration Policies.