Multiple mortgage lending trade groups are urging the White House to take administrative steps to lower the costs of home loans, arguing that federal regulations have driven up borrowing expenses as affordability worsens. In a letter sent Wednesday to White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, the Mortgage Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions and…
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Nearly three-fourths of Americans (73%) blame real estate investors for the lack of affordable housing in the U.S. That’s according to a new survey by real estate research and services platform, Clever Offers. The survey results, released on Tuesday, come just a day before remarks by President Donald Trump speaking on Wednesday at the World…
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday released its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for December, which shows that the housing market ended 2025 on a downturn. “The housing sector is not out of the woods yet,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. “After several months of encouraging signs in pending…
If you’re a real estate agent trying to grow your business online, you’ve probably heard the term SEO, also known as search engine optimization, tossed around a lot. Real estate SEO is simply about helping the right people find you when they’re already searching for homes, neighborhoods or agents like you. As we go into…