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Residential construction jobs now 7.6% above pre-COVID level

Housing Wire

Although housing inventory is beginning to increase, demand continues to exceed supply even as mortgage rates have spiked,” Mike Frantantoni, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s SVP, said in a statement. Could renovated foreclosure resales help solve the nation’s increasingly complex affordable housing puzzle?

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Eleven Types of Risk in Commercial Real Estate

Property Metrics

Borrowers holding a mortgage with a floating interest rate are negatively impacted by rising interest rates. As interest rates increase, so do the monthly mortgage payments. More indirect risks could be changes to local or federal tax rates, mortgage deductibility requirements, banking regulations, etc.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Today's monthly payments on a $500,000 mortgage are about the same as a $210,000 mortgage from the mid-1990s or a $300,000 mortgage from 2007. In addition, mortgage rates are at an all-time low. Some companies are offering 30-year fixed-rate mortgages for less than 2.3%.

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Investors’ Guide to Mixed-Use Property for Sale: Understanding the Live-Work-Play Hybrid [2021]

The Robert Weiler Company

The sector offers a head-spinning amalgam of residential, commercial, hotel, and retail space; however, each piece harmonizes to form an immediate community. According to the National Community and Transportation Preference Survey by the National Association of REALTORS®, 53 percent of Americans prefer walkable communities.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

Information from the National Mortgage Database shows 83% of all mortgage holders enjoy an interest rate below 5% when today’s average rate is about 6.5%. such renovations to these homes (between 20 and 39 years old), with about 200,000 of those projects running north of $25K each. And residential real estate?

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JUST IN TIME: THE 15-MINUTE COMMUNITY

Will Springer Realtor

Create options for multiple modes of transport – bikes, cars and transit should all be factored in. David Goldberg, chair of the Land Use & Transportation Committee of the Seattle Planning Commission, is helping to lead the city’s own 15-minute neighborhood. THE ROI OF HOME RENOVATION. Promote racial and income equity.

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