Real Estate News

NAR celebrates #OpeningDay with nine facts about real estate

Today is opening day for one of the greatest American sports of all time – major league baseball — and the National Association of Realtors created an infographic to celebrate. So before you head out to the ballpark to revel in the newest menu items or catch the ball from your favorite player’s grand slam, here are a few

NAR celebrates #OpeningDay with nine facts about real estate

Today is opening day for one of the greatest American sports of all time – major league baseball — and the National Association of Realtors created an infographic to celebrate. So before you head out to the ballpark to revel in the newest menu items or catch the ball from your favorite player’s grand slam, here are a few

Five Tips for Spring Lawn Prep

Even if your lawn is made up of weeds more than actual grass, you can turn it around with some basic preventive spring maintenance. Try these five tips to get your lawn ready before the weather warms up and the grass (and weeds) leave you in the dust. Prevent weeds Proper mowing, irrigation, and feeding

Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Cordray to face Financial Services Committee hearing

Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news coming across HousingWire’s weekend desk, with more coverage to come on larger issues. Sunday the world lit up blue for World Autism Awareness day, and here is a heartwarming story to start off your week. But April is also National Fair Housing month. The U.S. Department of Housing

Realtors name February’s fastest housing markets

This spring home-buying season seemed to start early this year as 42% of homes sold in February were listed for less than a month, according to the National Association of Realtors’ blog, Daily Real Estate News. Homes stayed on the market an average of 45 days in February, compared to the previous year when homes

An inside look at Ben Carson’s listening tour

After being confirmed as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson announced he would go on a listening tour across the nation. Carson spent this week in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Thursday, the HUD secretary spent his afternoon at the Texas Rangers Youth Academy, where our own Ben Lane covered Carson’s

6 Ways to Make a Home for Your Hobbies After You Retire

Retirement is all about doing what you love in the comfort of your own home. But is your home set up to help you with the hobbies you love? With all the extra time you have to relax, your home should reflect your lifestyle. Follow these six tips to reorganize your home and create new

Here are the 25 markets with the highest returns for single-family homes

RentRange, a provider of market data and analytics for the housing industry, released its latest ranking of the 25 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas by highest average gross yield for single-family homes during the fourth quarter of 2016. “Looking at average gross yield rates, Cleveland, Detroit and Dayton top our list of markets with the highest

NAR: Trouble ahead as National Flood Insurance Program expiration date nears

The National Flood Insurance Program is set to expire six months from Thursday on Sept. 30, 2017, prompting the National Association of Realtors to try to bring awareness to the expiration and its consequences: a disruption in closing loans. NAR noted that while the NFIP isn’t perfect and reforms are needed, it will continue working closely

Meet today’s driving force behind homeownership rates: Hispanics

Hispanics from all over the U.S. gathered in the nation’s capital for the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Housing Policy and Hispanic Lending Conference. At the opening session, Industry professionals filled every seat in the room. Speakers took the stage, welcoming the industry and throwing out remarks such as “Latino time is now a tiempo” as