Tracking the housing recovery? These 12 dates offer crucial clues

Intel is highlighting the most important data releases and events slated for each month of 2024 in an effort to help industry observers follow the arc of residential real estate’s rebound this year. Continue reading

Take the Inman Intel Index for January 2024

The Inman Intel Index goes beyond sentiment and trends by tapping into the real estate industry’s most engaged community. Add your voice to the industry’s most ambitious monthly survey today. Continue reading

LA developer hit with lawsuit for homeless housing Ponzi plot

California attorney general Rob Bonta claimed in a civil lawsuit filed in LA County Superior Court that Shangri-La Industries illegally put developments in the state’s Project Homekey homeless housing program under threat by borrowing against them. Continue reading

What experts have right (and wrong) about the Silver Tsunami

Senior housing expert Rachael Hite shares data around seniors, aging in place, downsizing and the real cost of retirement. Housing experts predicting a “Silver Tsunami” are underestimating what boomers actually want. Continue reading

What does it cost to live near the country’s biggest landmarks?

In some markets, prime real estate close to one of the nation’s leading destinations can be had for as little as $110,000. Elsewhere, it might cost a homebuyer several millions of dollars to live next to their favorite landmark. Continue reading

Falling mortgage rates should boost home sales: Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae economists no longer expect a recession and are considerably more optimistic that mortgage rates have additional room to come down below 6 percent. Continue reading

Pacaso’s Marnie Blanco on why co-ownership is poised for a big 2024

Pacaso’s senior vice president of industry relations sat down with Inman ahead of Inman Connect New York next week to share the vacation-home platform’s big expansion plans for the new year. Continue reading

Purchase loan applications soar 9% following drop in mortgage rates

Trend could bode well for the spring homebuying season, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday, but Fed may take its time before cutting rates. Continue reading

Brokerage firm MV Realty has been barred from North Carolina

MV Realty was under scrutiny for deceiving homeowners in financial distress into signing exclusive listing agreements that lasted 40 years in exchange for cash. Continue reading

How this Florida legislation could lead to more sustainable housing

Attorney and new Inman Contributor Rachel Streitfeld examines how changes to Florida’s zoning laws could free up vast tracts of land for high-density new home construction. Continue reading