Britain’s Housing Market Freezes As Wave Of Delayed Mortgage Payments Looms
By Tyler Durden One of the more unorthodox measures implemented by No. 10 Downing Street when it placed the entire UK on lockdown earlier this…
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First Tiny Home Community for the Homeless in San José Opens
By Emma Fiala More than 6,000 homeless people live in San José, California, and thanks to a years-long effort they will now have access to…
Previously Homeless Women Carpenters Are Building Tiny Homes For Homeless Women
By Mayukh Saha A group of women carpenters has made it a point to bring a change to the homeless scenario. As the global economy…
Tiny Home Villages Built For Homeless Veterans
By John Vibes A few Canadian cities have been building tiny house villages for homeless veterans. These villages can be found in Toronto and Calgary…
Young First-Time Buyers Are Vanishing From US Housing Market
By Tyler Durden Seeing as most young Americans are saddled with student-loan debt, underemployment and other economic blights, few have any money left for important…
Housing Market Flashes Recession Warning
By Mac Slavo The housing market has started flashing a recession warning. The gap between home prices and income are currently pointing to a recession…
Robo Realtors Invade Tennessee Housing Market — “It’s Like A Segway With An iPad”
By Tyler Durden As you might remember, if not, we’ll refresh your memory, we reported on a real estate technology company several years ago that…
US House Flipping Returns Plunge To 8-Year Low
By Tyler Durden ATTOM Data Solutions has published its Q2 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which states revenue from home flipping has plunged to an eight-year low….
Banks Seek Lower Credit Score Requirements, Targeting Over 50 Million New Subprime Borrowers
By Tyler Durden When the next bubble bursts – and it will – be sure to take a look back at this article. It might…
As US Expands Subprime Mortgage Program, Is a New Crisis Looming?
By Lubomir Tassev The Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has recently adopted new guidelines widening the…
The Grass Gestapo Is Out of Control: 30K in Fines and Potential Foreclosure for a Too-Long Lawn
By Dagny Taggart A few weeks ago, I noticed a woman standing in my neighbor’s yard doing something I thought was pretty damn strange: she…
Leading Indicator Of Home Remodeling Activity Warns Big Drop Coming
By Tyler Durden Growth in residential remodeling spending is expected to fall through 2H20, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) published by the Remodeling Futures…
Existing-Home Sales Fall Again in June
By Robert Hughes Sales of existing homes fell 1.7 percent in June to a 5.27-million seasonally adjusted annual rate. Sales are down 2.2 percent from…
Bad For Buyers: The Housing Market Is About To Shift
By Mac Slavo The housing market bubble that fueled the Great Recession a decade ago is looming once again and has been for some time. …