Apr 13, 2024 | News
Job recruiters in the South are facing hurdles to attract skilled professionals from the Midwest despite offering competitive compensation packages, according to a Bloomberg report published Friday. That’s because many of these potential hires are locked into...
Apr 13, 2024 | News
IRA Capital, a Southern California-based real estate private equity firm, has acquired a 237,000-square-foot life science campus in the Easton submarket of Columbus, Ohio. The property consists of four, three-story interconnected buildings located in close proximity...
Apr 13, 2024 | News
Realtor.com; Getty Images (4) America is filled with cities that offer outdoor lovers plenty of places to hike, bike, ski, and surf to their heart’s content. But let’s face it: Not everyone can afford a chalet in Aspen or a beachfront Malibu mansion. Outdoor...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
After heating up like the rest of the country, the Louisiana housing market has continued to cool since interest rates began to rise in the second half of 2022. While the slowdown has resulted in a return to pre-pandemic levels of market activity, real estate agents...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week published a blog illustrating that appraisal gaps between white, Hispanic/Latino and Black households have diminished since the 2022 announcement of the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
As artificial intelligence continues to grow in prominence, mortgage professionals “must carefully evaluate and manage” their use of AI and “focus on deriving the benefits while avoiding potentially catastrophic risks.” That’s one of the key conclusions reached by the...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
The ongoing lack of housing affordability is prompting more renters to doubt their ability to become homeowners. According to a recent Redfin survey, nearly 40% of U.S. renters don’t believe in their ability to ever own a home, up from roughly 27% less than a year...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
Despite above-average apartment demand in the first quarter of 2024, an even heavier influx of new supply continued to weigh down rent and occupancy figures, RealPage Market Analytics said Friday. Although U.S. apartment markets absorbed 103,826 units in Q1, there...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
An unsettling trend has emerged since the beginning of the pandemic — actually, a bunch of them have — but this one concerns the roof over your head. Hedge funds, private equity firms and other large institutional investors have been devouring the single...
Apr 12, 2024 | News
The real estate market is experiencing a slight rise in foreclosure activity following an extended period of moratoria that paused any foreclosures during the pandemic. The uptick in foreclosures could signal homeowner distress due to recent difficult economic...
