Weekly Roundup Friday News

07Mar

Weekly Roundup Friday News
Your weekly news & updates
Here is this week’s “Weekly Roundup” from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association.
Pending Home Sales Down 4.6% in January

The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales fell 4.6% in in January, 2025, following four consecutive months of increases. Click here to read more.
New Home Sales Down 10.5% in January

The U.S. Government is reporting that sales of new single-family houses in January, 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 657k, which is 10.5% lower than December’s revised rate and is 1.1% lower than one year ago. Click here to read more.
HUD Terminates Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (AFFH)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced that they will terminate the Biden-era 2021 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. According to their release, the move will cut costly red tape imposed on localities and returning decision-making power to local and state governments. Click here to read more.

 
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Sees 3.9% Annual Gain in December

The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index reported a 3.9% annual increase for December, 2024. Click here to read more.
Single-Family Built-for-Rent Construction Sees Decline
According to Census data recently crunched by the NAHB’s Eye on Housing, single-family built-for-rent construction posted year-over-year declines in Q4 2024 as a higher cost of financing crowded out development activity. Click here to read more.

 
FHFA Says Home Prices Up 4.5% Year-Over-Year

According to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI), home prices were up 4.5% from December 2023 to December 2024, after rising 0.4% in December. Click here to read more.
Zumper’s National Rent Report for February ’25

On a recent episode of the Rent Perfect podcast David Pickron talks with Jonna Weber of the Boise Real Estate Investor Network (Boise REIN) about her expertise in marketing strategies, avoiding rental scams, managing long-term rentals in Idaho and how landlords can protect their investments. Click here to read more.
How to Protect Your Rentals & Maximize Profits

The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index reported a 3.8% annual increase for November, 2024. Click here to read more.
Top 15 Fastest Growing States

We’ve seen a lot of recent posts about where people are moving to & from. Today’s graphic from Realtor.com shows us the top 15 states with the fastest growing populations. Click here to read more.
Check out the latest issue of reiaSENSE

Check out the latest issue of reiaSENSE, National REIA’s monthly government affairs publication. Click here to download.

 

 
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