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HUD changed how it inflates the utility share of next year’s voucher rents
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has changed how it grows the utility part of next year’s fair market rents, the figures that anchor...
HUD inspectors now score heating, lighting, GFCI outlets and guardrails in public housing and multifamily buildings
Starting October 1, 2026, a missing kitchen light, an unprotected outlet near a sink or a broken stair railing at a HUD-assisted property no longer...
Census publishes third-quarter rent and vacancy figures on October 28
The Census Bureau counted 7.3% of the nation’s rental homes as vacant in the second quarter, and the next reading is due at 10 a.m....
Fannie Mae’s sale of about 1,217 deeply delinquent loans takes bids October 27, and buyers must offer homeowners options that can include principal forgiveness before foreclosing, except on vacant or condemned properties
Fannie Mae is taking bids until October 27 on about 1,217 deeply delinquent mortgages carrying $259.9 million in unpaid principal, and whoever wins them takes...
Existing homes sold at a 3.98 million annual pace in August with 4.9 months of supply, the most in more than ten years, and September’s figure lands Tuesday
The National Association of Realtors releases its September existing-home sales report at 10 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, October 13, the first reading since August’s annual...
Florida renters who paid eviction attorney fees before a court awarded them would get three-quarters back automatically if they owe Progress Residential less than they paid, with opt-outs due November 20
A proposed settlement would return 75 percent of the eviction attorney fees that a Progress Residential affiliate charged Florida renters before any court awarded them,...
Zillow says fixer-upper homes are selling below expectations while move-in-ready homes sell above them
Zillow says homes that need work are selling for 14 percent less than similar homes were expected to fetch, while turnkey homes are selling for...
ARMs hit their biggest share of rate locks in nearly four years, ICE says
Adjustable-rate mortgages made up more than 11 percent of mortgage rate locks in the latest data from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the largest share in nearly...
Homeowners who switched insurers saved $440 a year compared with those who stayed with their carrier, ICE’s Mortgage Monitor finds
Homeowners who switched insurance companies over the past year cut their payments by a record 6.6% on average, while those who stayed with their carrier...
Median asking rent for studios to two-bedrooms in the 50 largest metros was $1,699 in August, Realtor.com says
Realtor.com reports that the median asking rent for studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms in the 50 largest U.S. metros was $1,699 in August, down 0.9 percent...
A quarter-point Fed rate increase at the Oct. 27-28 meeting would add about $9 a month to the median home equity line payment, ICE estimates
A quarter-point Federal Reserve rate increase at the Oct. 27-28 meeting would add about $9 a month to the payment on the median home equity...
People told their Social Security or account numbers may have been exposed in the SitusAMC breach have until Nov. 6 to file a settlement claim
A real estate finance services company says files taken from its systems in November 2025 may have held Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and...
People in the McLean Mortgage data breach settlement can claim $45 in cash and credit monitoring, with claims due December 10
People caught up in the October 2024 McLean Mortgage Corporation data breach can file for a flat $45 payment or for reimbursement of documented losses,...
California FAIR Plan dwelling rates go up an average of 29.1% for new and renewal policies from October 15, affecting more than 675,000 customers
California’s FAIR Plan, the state’s temporary insurance pool for homes that private insurers pass over, will raise dwelling rates an average of 29.1% for new...
United Wholesale Mortgage will keep using FICO scores on every broker-channel credit pull, FICO said October 6, and participating lenders get FICO 10T at no added fee from FICO
United Wholesale Mortgage, which FICO describes as the nation’s number one mortgage lender, will keep using FICO Scores on all credit pulls across its broker...
Redfin says housing costs could return to their 2018 level within five years if mortgage rates fall to 6% and home prices keep growing about 2.1% a year
Housing costs could return to their August 2018 level within five years, Redfin said October 8, if mortgage rates drop to 6% and home prices...
HUD plans standards for chassis-free factory-built homes for first-time buyers
HUD on October 7 released a plan to write federal building standards for factory-built homes that have no permanent steel chassis, a change that became...
Hurricane Isaias put about 777,000 Gulf Coast homes with $241.6 billion in rebuilding value at wind risk, Cotality estimated October 9
Hurricane Isaias put about 777,000 homes in the eight Hurricane Warning counties from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle at moderate or greater risk of wind...
Fannie Mae’s sale of 919 seriously delinquent home loans is expected to close by November 4, and buyers must offer homeowners options that can include principal forgiveness before foreclosing, except on vacant or condemned properties
The part of Fannie Mae’s latest loan sale that matters most to borrowers is a condition on the buyer, not the price. Before starting a...
Louisiana adds $20 million for Fortified roofs, lifting 2026 roof funding to $100 million, $30 million of it projected
Louisiana says it has added $20 million in federal housing money to a new roof-grant program, bringing the state’s 2026 spending on Fortified projects to...