Have a bright idea about how the government can best liquidate the current huge inventory of owned real estate (REO) currently held by FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Here is your chance to be heard. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHF…
203(k), affordable housing, Bulldoze, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Rent Inflation, rental property, reoWhile they aren’t a new concept, the second issue of the HUD publication Evidence Matters highlights the growing importance of multibank efforts in financing affordable housing developments. This “consortia” of private banks share the risk, reduc…
203(k), community reinvestment act, Consortia, CRA, leading indicator, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, NOAH, remodeling, rental housingAlmost every American is a renter at some point in his life but today both economic conditions and demographic forces are increasing rental demand, reversing trends that have prevailed from the mid-1990s. Harvard’s Joint Center on Housing Studies has …
203(k), leading indicator, remodeling, rental housingBuilders who specialize in home remodeling are seeing a better market than they have in years according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) released on Friday. The index rose to 46.5 in the first qua…
203(k), leading indicator, remodeling, rental housing