By Brad Beckett on September 6, 2024

Infographic: A recent chart from Statista illustrates those CPI categories that have been hardest hit by inflation over the past few years. Click here to read more.

By Carl Fischer on September 4, 2024

Carl Fischer says the real estate market is always evolving, and potential buyers often find themselves asking: is now a good time to buy a property? Recent trends suggest a nuanced answer to this question. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on September 4, 2024

U.S. Treasury Department’s FinCEN issued a final rule requiring certain people involved in real estate closings and settlements to report information to the agency about all-cash residential transactions nationwide involving legal entities and trusts. The effective date will be December, 1, 2025. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on September 2, 2024

According to ATTOM Data’s Q3 2024 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, there were nearly 1.4 million residential properties in the U.S. sitting vacant. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on August 29, 2024

According to the latest CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), U.S. single-family home rental prices continue to hold steady in June 2024, with prices posting a 2.9% gain year-over-year. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on August 28, 2024

We’ve had several posts about the lawsuit affecting realtor commissions. On a recent episode of Real Estate News for Investors, Kathy Fettke says gone are the days of a casual home tour with a real estate agent you’ve just met. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on August 27, 2024

A new report from the New York Fed says household debt has risen to $17.80 trillion (up 1.3%) in Q2 2024, according to their latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. Click here to read more.

By Charles Tassell on August 26, 2024

Last week we posted about the Consumer Protection Finance Bureau’s (CFPB) efforts to go after contracts for deed. National REIA released the following statement as a response to their effort. Click here to read more.

According to recent data from the NAHB’s Eye on Housing, there are 6.5 million second homes in America, representing 4.6% of the total housing stock. The state with the largest number of second homes was Florida with 1 million homes. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on August 23, 2024

Infographic: Today’s graphic perfectly illustrates it (again!); For the 12th year in a row, more Americans prefer real estate over other long-term investment vehicles for growing wealth. Click here to read more.