A significant gap still remains in homeownership rates between white Americans and minorities. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently hosted discussions examining the issue at a National Press Club even in Washington, D.C.
During a session at NAR’s second-annual policy forum, panelists highlighted proposals that would tackle housing supply constraints, improve access to credit for mortgage-ready Americans and increase post-purchase support and counseling programs.
Read on for insight from NAR.
A new study explores the problem of “credit invisibility” among households assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The joint, first-of-its-kind study by HUD and the Policy and Economic Research Council (PERC) found that if the rent payments of HUD-assisted families are reported to credit reporting agencies, many of these households would cease being “credit invisible.”
Read on for details from the report.
A new definition for “leafy suburb” has emerged within the real estate market.
The demand for housing and residential properties has intensified as more states relax marijuana laws, according to a new National Association of Realtors (NAR) study. The study also found that commercial practitioners are facing an increased demand for land, warehouses and storefronts intended for cannabis. Read on for details from NAR’s report, “Marijuana and Real Estate: A Budding Issue.”
The vast majority of metro areas experienced price gains with very limited inventory growth in the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The study showed single-family median home prices increased year-over-year in 94 percent of measured markets in the third quarter. Read on to see more details from NAR’s report, which also released the latest housing inventory numbers.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will receive $47.9 billion in funding to help fight homelessness, boost the promotion of healthy homes and assist low-income families with rent if President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget is approved.
Read on for specifics of the budget and reaction from HUD Secretary Ben Carson.
Speaking before the House Financial Services Committee, Kraninger was asked by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) about the “confusing” bulletin.
Read on for details of Kraninger’s answer concerning the “complicated” question of how the bureau should handle the bulletin today.
Housing affordability was the focus of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) second annual policy forum.
The forum was held Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Read on for reaction from NAR President Vince Malta, who called housing affordability one of the defining policy issues of this decade, and NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) wants the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address housing affordability constraints.
In response to HUD’s Request for Information (RFI) on policies that “raise the costs of affordable housing and contribute to the current low housing inventory,” NAR suggested ways to increase affordable housing supplies, preserve the mortgage interest deduction and stabilize the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs).
Read on for NAR President Vince Malta’s proposal.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has come out in support of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new assistance animal guidance.
The new Assistance Animal Notice clarifies how housing providers can comply with the Fair Housing Act when assessing a person’s request to have an animal in housing to provide assistance because of a disability.
Read on for NAR President Vince Malta’s statement on the notice.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published guidance clarifying how housing providers can comply with the Fair Housing Act when assessing a person’s request to have an animal in housing to provide assistance because of a disability.
The guidance also provides information that an individual may need to provide to a housing provider about his or her disability-related need for the requested accommodation.
Read on for more from HUD’s new Assistance Animal Notice.
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