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Black Americans still face massive housing barriers

Housing Wire

. “Black people who succeed in buying a home have to be Superman or Superwoman,” said Bryan Greene, vice president of policy advocacy for the National Association of Realtors. The agency says the groups have pledged to create 3 million more Black homeowners by the decade’s end.

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The Retirement Trifecta

Housing Wire

The massive age wave is cresting over the next three years, and by 2030 all boomers will have turned 65. The expensive and limited housing inventory today has created a scarcity mentality, that has Realtors struggling to provide appropriate housing for an aging population. We need inspired home-building that includes universal design.

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Opinion: More can be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle. Real estate will look different in 2030, perhaps even in 2024. Yes, the process of orchestrating the collaboration of lenders, appraisers , home inspectors, one or two real estate agents, a title insurance company, and possibly others is complex.

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Opinion: More should be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle. Those realities don’t even contemplate the numerous headaches and delays that come with identifying and dealing with multiple HOAs or the project management skills required to coordinate the Realtor, buyer and seller alike. Real estate will look different in 2030, perhaps even in 2024.

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High Financing Hurdles Lead to Low Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

Mortgage Rates Some Fed members have recently advocated for no further rate increases of the central bank’s Federal funds rate – the interest charged when banks lend money to each other. of office space could be vacant by 2030, or nearly 1.5 by the middle of next year from 3.8% Commercial real estate owners have roughly $1.4T

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