Very often it’s easy to see why one house comes to market bearing a bigger-than-average price tag, but in other instances, it’s not so obvious. In those cases, it’s likely that a handful of more obscure and hard-to-measure price influencers ...
Read More »Housing and Technology Converge for Five Star Fintech Summit
With the 2018 Five Star Single-Family Rental Summit wrapping up on Wednesday afternoon, the next big Five Star event followed close on its heels—the inaugural Five Star Fintech Summit. Convening inside the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, the first ...
Read More »Rising Rates to Impact Homebuyers
On Wednesday, after Jerome Powell's first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as Fed Chair, the Federal Reserve announced that it had increased the Fed funds rate by a quarter point at a target of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent. ...
Read More »New Bill Amends Stress Test Rule of Nonbanks
The Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act was passed by the House with a 395-19 majority. The passing of this bill by the house is expected to pave the way for exempting nonbank financial institutions that are regulated ...
Read More »The Past and Future of PACE
By T. Robert Finlay, Founding Partner, Wright, Finlay & Zak and Sonia Edwards, Senior Associate, Wright, Finlay & Zak, California With global warming and other environmental issues at the forefront of national policy, the creation of programs to finance energy-efficient improvements ...
Read More »For Renters, Some States are Friendlier Than Others
Not all states view tenant laws as the same. In general, renters in Western, Northeastern, and Central states have many more protections than renters in the Deep South and parts of the Midwest, according to a new study by RentCafe. ...
Read More »5 Cities Where Homes Are Flying Off the Market
Even though the story more often than not seems to point to a housing and inventory crisis, this doesn’t mean that every metro area in the U.S. is facing fast sales and low inventory. In fact, according to data from ...
Read More »FOMC Meeting: Setting the Pace for Future Rate Hikes
The meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)—the policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve begins today. This is also the first time that the meeting is being led by Jerome Powell the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. ...
Read More »Single-Family Rental Summit Dives Deep Into Investment Opportunities
This week an array of housing and mortgage professionals are assembling at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, as the 2018 Five Star Single-Family Rental Summit kicks off. The three-day event began Monday evening with an opening night reception ...
Read More »Dodd-Frank Rollback to Impact PACE ABS Market
An analysis of the Dodd-Frank Act modifications by Moody’s has found that the amendment to the federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) passed by the U.S. Senate last week will help clarify certain federal consumer protection responsibilities for participants in ...
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