Real Estate scores $10.7B as small business loan program runs out of gas

Real estate businesses collectively won about 3.14 percent of the total funding lawmakers set aside to save small firms during the pandemic. Continue reading

COVID-19 and Your Money: Tips From Experts

Chances are, the coronavirus has upped your worries about your personal finances. And if you’re nearing, or in, retirement, the pandemic-triggered stock market plunge may be making you especially upset. So, my two Friends Talk Money podcast co-hosts an… Continue reading

JP Morgan Chase temporarily terminates HELOC loan offering

Chase Home Lending Chief Marketing Officer Amy Bonitatibus said the change would help Chase better focus on “existing customers.” Continue reading

AIDS Services Know How to Love in a Plague

(Editor’s note: This story is part of Still Here, Still Positive: A series on the first generation of Americans aging with HIV/AIDS, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Just as we gay and bisexual men measured our personal histories in … Continue reading

NAR: Buyers going under contract without seeing homes in person

25 percent of surveyed Realtors said at least one buyer client had signed a deal without physically visiting the property. Continue reading

Find Creative Inspiration Online During Quarantine

Maybe you are sorely missing your weekly watercolor class. Maybe the shelter-in-place mandate brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has given you unexpected time or is compelling you to take this opportunity to fold some creativity into your new routi… Continue reading

What the Coronavirus Crisis Says About the Power of Financial Planning

(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a diverse group of thought leaders, for their insights, c… Continue reading

How Nursing Homes Are Adapting to Handle COVID-19

COVID-19 is sweeping through nursing homes all over the country, bringing death and chaos in its wake. “If you had told me six months ago that this was the situation we were going to find ourselves in, I would’ve said you’re reading too much science fi… Continue reading

Could coronavirus mortgage payment relief spell trouble for the industry?

A provision of the CARES Act allows for mortgage payment relief to help struggling families, but it could have an unintended negative effect on the real estate industry. Continue reading

Ryan Gorman: Home prices not likely to see significant drop

Inventory is low and the real estate market is healthier than it was during the last recession. That should keep home prices relatively stable, the Coldwell Banker chief said. Continue reading