A recent study found a correlation between top-quality education and home values. Click through to learn how the seemingly disparate factors are connected.
Read More »The Impact of Student Loans on Millennial Homebuyers
To examine the impact of student loan debt on homebuying power, a recent research looked into the median household income of prospective first-time homebuyers and their levels of education. Here’s what it revealed.
Read More »The Most Prosperous City in America Is …
Picking the most prosperous city in America is a weighty task. What factors should be considered, and how should each be weighted against the others? However you arrange the calculations, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t have settled on Odessa, ...
Read More »Consumers Slowly Getting Savvier About Finances
A new study by Equifax finds that Americans are not as financially literate as they want to be, but they are increasingly interested in changing that fact. Survey takers overwhelming wish financial literacy was a mandated school course. They also overwhelmingly understand the importance of paying their bills.
Read More »Education’s Influential Role in Home Purchase Decisions
The progression of homeownership across the U.S. is declining and educational attainment is a leading factor in the direction of these numbers, according to First American Financial Corp.
Read More »New VRMU Academy Offers Training for Small, Mid-Sized Real Estate Businesses
VRM University, the training division of Carrollton, Texas-based VRM Mortgage Services, announced the startup of the VRMU Academy earlier this week.
Read More »Financial Education Paramount for Texas Homebuyers
Through a partnership between the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) and the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR), the joint campaign "Get Ready: Making Texans Homeowners for Life" will work to increase awareness of educational programs among potential home buyers.
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