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Single-family rental market slammed by headwinds

Housing Wire

Those deals involve investment properties owned by individuals or small “mom and pop” landlords and do not include securitizations undertaken by large institutional owners of investment properties — the so-called Wall Street investors. That includes rentals owned by so-called mom-and-pop landlords — with 10 or fewer properties.

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Celebrate Central Ohio Real Estate During Fair Housing Month [2021]

The Robert Weiler Company

Engaging in blockbusting (This fear tactic involves the manipulation of homeowners/landlords to sell/rent their homes at a low price by falsely convincing them that racial or religious minorities or people of a different class are moving into their neighborhood.). Department of Housing and Urban Development): Call: 1-800-669-9777 (Toll-Free).

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What You Need to Know About the Fair Housing Act

Zillow

If you've searched for a new place to live recently, you've likely seen the Equal Housing Opportunity logo (an equal sign inside a house) on a landlord's, real estate agent's or lender's paperwork. A landlord tries to avoid renting to someone by saying the unit advertised has been rented when it hasn't.

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Renters Beware: These Hidden Costs May Be in Your Lease

Zillow

According to the Zillow Group Consumer Housing Trends Report 2017 , renters account for 37 percent of all households in America - or just over 43.7 This jump in the number of renters has put pressure on both tenants and landlords. Tenants are scrambling to find the right place, while landlords are trying to find the right price.

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Homelessness is not an unsolvable problem

Housing Wire

has increased by about 6% every year since 2017 and in 2022 reached about 582,462 people nationwide , according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and companies in the private sector. The number of people who are unhoused in the U.S.

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10 Ways to Make Sure You Get Your Security Deposit Back

Zillow

It's the landlord's obligation to return [the deposit] at the end of the lease,” says Abbie Philpott with move-out company Pleased to Clean You. I've seen cases in which landlords stretch this phrase to the limit," Philpott says. Contact your landlord. If so, keep your service receipt as proof for your landlord.

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Solving the Housing Shortage

DataMaster

Getting current landlords to sell would take some heavy incentives. The tariffs levied on Canadian lumber in 2017 and 2018 aren’t the sole cause of the scary-high lumber prices of late 2020 and 2021, but they aren’t helping either. Make it More Affordable to Build. How affordable should homes be? ” Conclusion.