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Realogy Holdings Group, parent company of brokerage brands like Coldwell Banker, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and several others, announced last week that it will embark on a process of “strategic organizational changes.” The New Jersey-based company said
Mortgage lenders and developers regularly find themselves working with a team of agents or brokers, which comes with its own advantages and common issues.
The long-anticipated vision of the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provides the public with the first concrete roadmap for returning the two firms to full private ownership.
Mayor Marty Walsh and members of Boston City Council are pledging to launch an investigation into the city’s zoning process in the wake of federal bribery charges filed last week against a former city employee.
Money can’t buy happiness, right? Well, maybe it can—as long as what it’s buying is a home.
New national data on apartment construction shows activity slowing down in general, but features several cities with exceptional building activity.
After two straight months of nationwide increases, the number of listings under contract by the end of July fell on a monthly basis.
After posting a surprisingly steep year-over-year decline in the number of closed transactions in June, single-family home sales rose again last month.
So far, recent declines in mortgage rates have mainly resulted in more refinancing activity — not in a surge in home sales.
The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for August showed Americans shared broadly strong views of the overall economy and their own financial health near the end of the summer.
Economists were expecting new-home sales to finish stronger in July, aided by low mortgage rates that act as an incentive for buyers.
The homebuilder community has regularly offered a succinct answer to the reason for its industry’s sluggishness, generally calling out labor, lumber, laws and land as pain points. But some researchers are poking holes in their assertions of late.
Sales of existing homes in July logged their first year-over-year gain in 16 months.
Despite financial issues and a lack of knowledge, 89 percent of millennials still said they hoped to become a homeowner at some point.
Pending home sales posted their 12 consecutive month of gains across Massachusetts in July.
U.S. homebuilders appear optimistic that low mortgage rates can turn the tide in favor of stronger sales in the months ahead.
