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24Apr

Frank Dodd Update: CFPB experiences data breach ‘major incident’; NYDFS to begin charging crypto firms for supervision

Monday, April 24, 2023 CFPB experiences data breach ‘major incident’ It has recently become public that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) suffered a data breach earlier this year when a now-former employee of the bureau sent confidential and personal information on more than 250,000 consumers to their own personal email account. The CFPB has referred the matter to the Office of...

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21Apr

Your Weekly Roundup 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. Visit our Website Housing Costs Continue to be the Leading Increase in Inflation Indexes The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 0.1% in...

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20Apr

REIA Update – April 2023

Benefits Get Covered - As of today, April 19th, 2023, we will no longer have access to customized URLs, marketing materials, and relevant networks. Please remove this from your website.   Unbridled Wealth - April 2023 marketing materials are ready and in the community. Look for the file labeled - 2023_04 Packet (Final).zip.odp   Business Solutions - For Q2 2023, your ODP Business Solutions program...

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17Apr

Millennials Make Historic Switch From Renter-Majority to Homeowner-Majority Generation

By: Alexandra Both With 52% of Millennials owning a home, the largest generation in the nation transitioned from renter-majority to owner-majority in 2022. The number of Millennial homeowners increased by 7 million in the last five years, more than triple the number added by Gen X, who came in second. Millennials remained the dominant renter generation, with 17.2...

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14Apr

Weekly Roundup 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. Visit our Website Redfin Says Typical Down Payment Has Fallen 10% As Housing Market Cools The U.S. government is reporting that total construction spending in February, 2023 was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,844.1...

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14Apr

America’s Population that’s 65 Years and Older

By: Brad Beckett Knowing your customers is vitally important in today's housing market.  Especially as aging baby boomers downsize and relocate it's important to know as much as you can about this demographic.  Today's interactive infographic from the U.S. Census bureau offers a wide range of statistics about America's over 65 population.  Interestingly, the pull down menu offers up over 20...

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07Apr

Check out this week’s Weekly Round Up!

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. Visit our Website Pending Home Sales Up 0.8% in February The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales were up 0.8% in February, 2023 – the third month in a row. The NAR’s Pending...

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07Apr

Happy Easter ’23!

By: Brad Beckett This Sunday, April 9th is Easter.  Each year the holiday falls on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox.  Interestingly, the date fluctuates each year between March 22nd and April 25th.   Today’s infographic from the dataviz blog takes a look at “Easter by the Numbers” all the way from the resurrection of Jesus Christ...

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05Apr

Is Rent Theft?

By: Jeffery S. Watson Dear Anna, For those of you who do not learn from history, you will repeat it. In 2016, a book titled Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, a progressive, pro-tenant publication, began circulating and influencing many of the news stories regarding housing being available in the United States. Then came the Covid Eviction Moratorium, and out of...

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31Mar

23. 3. 29 ECONOMIC UPDATE – New Home Sales Rise

Overview: Over the past week, the troubles in the banking sector did not spread, making investors more willing to shift back to riskier assets, which was negative for mortgage markets. The economic data released this week had little impact and rates finished higher. With each day that passes without significant new problems at any additional banks, investor concerns ease. This...

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