Affordability Most Americans Can Afford a New Home Over half of U.S. households earn enough to buy a home without exceeding debt-to-income ratio rules
Financing Will Upcoming Tax Reforms Be Good for Average Americans? Recent discussions about the mortgage interest deductions are a welcome change, but will the new proposals create more homeowners?
Financing The Case for Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Bloomberg's Megan McArdle argues that Adjustable-Rate Mortgages are equally as safe as fixed-rate mortgages, and dissects essential factors...
New-Home Sales U.S. Home Builders Lobby Seeking Alternatives for Home Buying Tax Incentives Faced with the Republican plan to overhaul the tax code, The National Association of Home Builders is reevaluating options for encouraging...
Human Resources Federal Judge Overturns Obama-Era Overtime Rule The rule, released in May 2016, was set to take effect on Dec. 1, 2016, but a preliminary injunction has prevented it from being enacted
Builders Redfin Housing Demand Index Virtually Flat From July to August The Redfin Housing Demand Index rose only slightly from July to August (126 to 127), but increased 27.7 percent year over year. “High...
New-Construction Projects Under Proposed Tax Reform, Fewer Homes Would Benefit From Mortgage Interest Deduction If the tax reform proposal currently on the table is passed, only 5 percent of American homeowners would find it worthwhile to take the...
Financing Does the Tax Code Favor Homeowners? An essay in newgeography.com takes on the conventional wisdom that homeowners reap huge tax benefits while renters receive none. Tom...
New-Home Sales Homebuyers Overestimate Down Payments In a survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), one-third of respondents thought that saving for a down-payment would be “very...
New-Home Sales Negative Equity Prevents Homeowners From Selling As home prices and housing demands continue to rise, negative equity is preventing many homeowners from putting their homes on the market. ...