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Opinion: tools for landlords to help low-income tenants

Housing Wire

The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a powerful tool to help low-income families find apartments they can afford, but the program isn’t reaching its potential because far too few landlords participate in it. Why don’t landlords participate? The challenge at hand is ripe for bipartisan action. million households.

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers.

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Figure and Apollo complete ownership transfer via blockchain

Housing Wire

This important development demonstrates just one way that blockchains will provide significant improvements that streamline the mortgage lending space,” Wallace said. DART, a combined lien and eNote registry system developed by Figure, is used in place of the existing MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration System) database.

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HUD affordability plan doesn’t include lowering FHA premiums

Housing Wire

Senior officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development , which houses the FHA, said today during a press briefing that it would focus on improving financing for manufactured homes and revamp its renovation financing. In May, more than three dozen independent mortgage banks urged the FHA to cut mortgage insurance premiums.

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The Fed pauses its rate hikes for now, will it last?

Housing Wire

The CME FedWatch Tool showed a 99% chance the Fed would halt its hikes to the 5.25 Additionally, apartment construction is strong , which puts an additional pressure on landlords to avoid vacancy. The FOMC also said it would continue to reduce its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities.

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Warehouse Space in Columbus, Ohio: 17 Actionable Steps to Find, Lease & Organize Your Next Hub

The Robert Weiler Company

Industrial real estate investors and developers can’t add new properties to the market fast enough. According to a recent report from commercial real estate development association, NAIOP , there is a lot of optimism for the industrial sector, nationally, as supply chain conditions steadily improve. Ask your current landlord.

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14 Best Commercial Real Estate Investment Blogs, Books & Podcasts

The Robert Weiler Company

Find comprehensive guides on all aspects of CRE, from commercial real estate investment to brokerage, commercial appraisal, CRE development, property management, and much more. They cover trends and research that focus on commercial real estate investment, finance, development, and leasing. WMRE (Wealth Management Real Estate).