Atticus is the CEO of PadSplit, an affordable, shared housing model that creates financial independence for workers. Getty If you ask a person of color, they’ll likely tell you they’ve been unjustifiably pulled over while driving. We hear this example often when discussing racism in our society, and it’s for good reason. Not only are there countless
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California has the highest rent gap to close in order to keep cost-burdened tenants housed in the … [+] next six months, according to an analysis by UrbanFootprint. Getty As housing advocates across the U.S. brace for what they predict to be a spike in evictions this summer, when government protections are set to fade
Mortgage applications are going strong Getty The pause in mortgage applications as the Covid epidemic took hold is looking like a mere blip in the distant past as buyer activity surges, according to the latest weekly data numbers. The Mortgage Bankers Association weekly report shows purchase applications rose 33% compared to this week last year,
Realtor.com monthly traffic hit an all-time high of 86 million unique users in June. Getty It may be the lazy days of summer, but it feels like spring in the housing market — and not a moment too soon — as median home prices are surging. As buyers flooded into the market, realtor.com’s monthly traffic
The student housing industry has been hard at work planning for the fall. Getty With the fall semester approaching, student housing owners and operators are taking unprecedented precautions to ensure students return to a safe and productive environment. Students are likely to find transformed spaces in on-campus housing and new normals as they start or
The new stamp duty holiday could help boost the U.K. housing market Getty Images Stamp duty payments in England and North Ireland have been cut, Rishi Sunak announced today. The U.K. chancellor has increased the threshold at which buyers are required to pay stamp duty from $157,000 to $629,000. The level has been raised to help the
CEO of Snappt and President of Berlind Properties. Getty With all 50 states in the process of unfolding plans to reopen the economy after the shutdown caused by the Covid-19 crisis, landlords and tenants alike are curious as to what this new normal will mean for rent payment, deferment or evictions. Like all things in the ongoing
The Mar-a-Lago estate at the water’s edge in Palm Beach, Florida. The mansion was built by Marjorie … [+] Merriweather Post in the 1920s. Corbis via Getty Images Glenn Parada, the head of an eponymous mortgage empire that recently established its headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida, was born in El Salvador at the peak of
There’s been a lot of analysis and debate on exactly where the stock market is headed in the post-COVID-19 environment. But much less attention has been focused on the housing market. Or more precisely, on whether now is the right time to buy a house. Getty On the plus side, house prices have held steady
A famed rapper, producer and fashion designer, Kanye West has been dabbling in real estate for … [+] several years now, much like President Donald Trump, whose family made its fortune in the industry. Amy Harris/Invision/AP A day after Kanye West announced his bid for the Oval Office in a tweet dispatched on July 4,