Codes + Standards SolarCity’s Musk Claims New Solar Roof Cost Can Be Less Than Conventional Roof Elon Musk now says that SolarCity could deliver its solar roof product at a lower cost than a conventional roof even without considering the...
Sales Rising Interest Rates Could Further Slow Inventory And Keep Renters From Buying When Donald Trump was elected president, prescient renters got chills running down their spines. Business Insider reports that mortgage...
Financing Older Homeowners Face Rising Mortgage Debt Retirement may have to wait. The New York Times reports that a growing number of older homeowners carry mortgage debt, which could...
Economics Mortgage Rates Remain Low Despite Sharp Jump Since Election Wall Street is optimistic about the president-elect’s plans for infrastructure spending and tax cuts
Financing Luxurious Second-Homes Considered A Savvy Investment Amid economic and political uncertainty, high-end buyers want to put their money into tangible properties
Energy Efficiency Partnership Expands Financing Options for Residential Energy Efficiency Renovate America and the Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA) announced a partnership in March
Opinion At Tax Time, A Few Thoughts Tax changes over the years have rendered the mortgage interest tax deduction nearly useless
Financing Sources of Financing for New Home Sales The NAHB analyzed the most recent Census estimates regarding sources of financing for new-home sales and discovered a continuing trend...
Affordability Fannie and Freddie to Raise Loan Limits in 29 Costly Counties Affected counties can be found from Washington to Massachusetts
Financing Can We Afford to Raise Rates? Is the economy “well enough”? Many economists and analysts say it’s not.