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First-time buyers contributed to 31% of September’s home sales due to record-low mortgage rates, according to the report.
Buyers are flocking to larger homes with four bedrooms or more, according to the Georgia Association of Realtors.
U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood rejects NAR’s motion to dismiss class action suit about buyer-broker commissions.
It was a hard-fought effort to procure federal funds in the middle of a recession, but NAR announced that the president is poised to sign a bill that provides money for road projects and flooding.
The lawsuit also argues that the feds are commandeering state courts and officers to implement an unconstitutional federal law.
On average, Georgia poll workers were above 65 years old and many opted to stay home because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Landlords are encouraged to educate tenants on rental assistance program offered through the City of Atlanta and the United Way of Greater Atlanta.
The U.S. economy added 1.4 million new jobs in August, but one economist warns that permanent job losses are a bigger problem.
Working from home as an ongoing trend will greatly change the landscape of where people buy homes, according to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
Real estate industry associations oppose the decision and are calling on Congress to provide rental assistance to housing providers.
Small metro suburbs did the best in terms of construction with a more than 10% increase over a year ago.
Nationwide sales of new single-family homes were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 901,000, up 13.9% from last month and 36.3% higher than July 2019.
All four regions in the U.S. experienced year-over-year and month-over-month growth in pending home sales, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders are both backing candidates for congressional seats across the country and advocating for issues such as ramping up production of affordable housing and reversing widespread unemployment.
New housing starts numbers suggest that if you can’t buy it, then build it, according to one economist.
It’s been about two years since the National Association of Realtors launched its financial planning and assistance wing, the Center for Realtor Financial Wellness, and just in time to find its footing for the coming global recession.