Industry in the News
December 2, 2024
- President-elect Trump Nominates HUD Secretary
- Former Texas lawmaker Scott Turner to lead Housing and Urban Development
- Additional Manufactured Housing Could Benefit Millions of U.S. Homebuyers
- America’s Biggest Apartment Owner Takes a Leap Into Modular Homes
- HUD Approves $115,000 Settlement with the City and County of Denver, Colorado, Resolving Claim of Disability Discrimination
- HUD Charges Macon, Georgia, Property Owner, Property Management Company, and Property Manager with Disability Discrimination
- HUD proposes simpler loan applications for manufactured homes
- HUD Charges Florida Property Manager with Disability Discrimination
- Takeaways from our reporting on Texas’ housing affordability crisis
- The Economy Is Going Great, Except For One Huge Problem - Housing
- A California couple built a $500,000 ADU (by Villa Homes) in their parents' backyard when they couldn't afford to buy a traditional house
- Housing affordability gap hits Texas - Comptroller’s report cites housing shortage
- Texas’ high housing costs sparked a movement to bring them down. The fight could shape the state for years to come.
- ULI and Heitman Research: Strategies for Rising Property Insurance Costs
- HUD Charges New Hampshire Property Managers and Landlord with Discrimination for a Retaliatory Eviction
- CFPB Annual HPML threshold adjustment
- CFPB Annual Reg Z threshold adjustment
- CFPB Annual Reg M threshold adjustment
- Servicing Fee Suit Allowed to Proceed Despite Failure to Comply with Pre-Suit Notice-and-Cure Requirement
- Fannie Mae CEO says she has never seen a housing market like this before
- Walmart is selling a tiny home on wheels for $21,888
- Amazon is selling a ‘perfect’ tiny home for $17,499
October 15, 2024
- Here are the Texas House races that Democrats and Republicans think they can flip
- 9.1% of New Texas Single-Family Homes Were Manufactured Homes Last Year
- A 6% mortgage rate is 'the new normal,' economist says
- It’s not your grandmother’s mobile home anymore
- What are the top housing market trends for Austin? - Median sales price in the city of Austin, $585,000
- HUD’s Eliminating Zoning Barriers to Affordable Housing Guidebook
- Seventh Circuit Dismisses Takings Challenge to City’s Short-Term Rental Regulations
- HUD Announces More Than $22 Million to Combat Housing Discrimination (with $9.7M for private enforcement)
- HUD Charges Florida Property Owner, Management Company, and Property Manager with Disability Discrimination (emotional support animal)
- HUD Charges Owner and Operators of New Hampshire Apartment Buildings with Disability Discrimination ( based on assistance animals)
- Mortgage CFOs, CIOs: Rate Relief A Long Way Off
- Texas Housing Insight (August Summary) – Texas A&M Real Estate Center
- Police's Power To Arrest Includes Privilege To Damage Property – Court Rules Not a “Taking”
- Investing for Impact: The Rationale for Sustainable Workforce Housing
- Texas Housing Insight (July Summary) – Texas A&M Real Estate Center
- A System That Minimizes Home Construction Risk
- HUD Awards Over $32 Million to Fight Housing Discrimination
- The FTC’s Holder Rule: still holding strong
- Data Spotlight: The Impact of Changing Mortgage Interest Rates
- CFPB Takes Action to Stop Contract-for-Deed
August 28, 2024
- Freddie Mac Multifamily Announces Lease Standards - Tenant Protections Announced in July to Take Effect February 2025
- HUD Negotiates Agreement with Harris County, Texas, to Ensure Equitable Use of Disaster Recovery Funds
- CFPB Takes Action Against Fay Servicing for Illegal Foreclosure Actions
- Biden-Harris Administration New Actions to Lower Housing Costs by Cutting Red Tape to Build More Housing – Specifically Call for More HUD Code homes
- District Court Dismisses CFPB Attempt to Label Lease-to-Own Program “Credit”
- Modular homes gain popularity in Central Texas due to demand for housing
- Fannie, Freddie Are Poised to Tighten Real-Estate Lending Rules to root out commercial mortgage fraud
- Texas Housing Insight
- Texas must build hundreds of thousands of homes
- Americans are flocking to Texas: 9 of the 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities are there
- Supreme Court of Texas has issued an emergency order authorizing the modification of deadlines in certain justice courts affected by Hurricane Beryl
- HUD Reaches Settlement with The Appraisal Foundation to Ensure Equal Opportunity in the Appraisal Profession
- HUD Charges Appraiser, Appraisal Management Company, and Lender with Race Discrimination
- CFPB Publishes new rules on servicing under Reg X on loss mitigation
- HUD Approves Settlement with California Housing Providers Resolving Claim of Disability Discrimination
- I Live in a Luxury Mobile Home: 3 Reasons They’re Worth the Extra Money
- Rising supply and potentially lower rates could cause another real estate ‘boom,’ says RE/MAX co-founder
- From Texas' 'antiques capital' to America's fastest-growing city: The Dallas exurb exploding by 51%
- How To Finance A Mobile Home – Forbes Advisor
- The affordability crisis is impacting prospective homeowners and renters, and rising costs suggest affordability will remain a top housing issue, according to the NAHB
- 26% of REALTORS® Said Lack of Inventory and Housing Affordability Prevented Clients from Buying Homes in 2023 as Existing-Home Sales Fell to Lowest Level Since 1995
- 3 IN 5 Gen Zers Reduced Retirement to Save for Home Down Payment
- Millions of potential buyers have been priced out of the market by high home prices according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
- Lot Values Trend Higher
July 10, 2024
- Supreme Court shifts power over federal regulations from agencies to judges
- Supreme Court Ruling Reins In Federal Bureaucrats
- FANNIE - Unaffordability Expected to Remain Primary Constraint on Home Sales
- Pre-Fab Houses Selling on Amazon
- Credit Availability’s Effect on Texas Rural Land Markets
- Legalizing More Housing Construction with State and Local Innovations
- Federal Officials Award $85 Million in First PRO Housing Grants
- Journal Profile: Aaron Levy sees macro potential in micro homes
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates
- Median existing-home price for all housing types in May was $419,300, the highest price ever recorded
- TDHCA to hold one public hearing during a 15-day Public Comment and accepting public comment on the draft PRICE NOFO Application
- HUD issues $47,500 Consent Order with PadSplit resolving allegations of discrimination against a tenant because of her disability
- HUD Approves Agreement with Housing Provider Resolving Allegations of Discrimination Under the Violence Against Women Act and the Fair Housing Act
- Truckers hope protest over unpaid hours and lack of restrooms will spark a Permian Basin labor movement
- Property Fraud Allegations Snowball as Commercial Real-Estate Values Fall
- Red-hot Southeast Austin industrial market getting yet another project
- 'Massive' Housing Bubble About to Burst, Real Estate Expert Warns
- The CFPB's 2023 fair lending annual report to Congress – includes action against Colony Ridge
June 20, 2024
- 2024 Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall – Highlights Manufactured Housing
- Housing Affordability: Overview and Model Legislation by Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Innovative Housing Solutions on Display at the National Mall
- NAHB Highlights Pre-Approved Plans as Tool to Combat Housing Costs
- HUD launches manufactured home community loan program
- Court Upholds Injunction Against Water Shut Off to Mobile Home Park
- US Mortgage Rates Drop Below 7% for First Time Since March
- 210-unit micro-home community in the greater Austin metro
- Dallas’ Crow Holdings Snaps Up Six-State Manufactured Housing Portfolio, Plans $30M Improvements
- Eviction Moratorium Taking, Excessive Fines Taking, And 1983 Zoning Statutes Of Limitations
- Why the Fed might need to 'get on with it' and cut rates
- Fed Officials in Wait-and-See Mode on Rate Cuts
- CFPB Takes Action Against Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation
- The Supreme Court may soon defang bank regulators — especially the CFPB
- CFPB Issues RFI on Mortgage Closing Costs
- 3 in 5 homes listed in May on the market for at least 30 days
- Upcoming Pew event, "Manufactured Housing: Increasing Access and Preserving Affordability
May 28, 2024
- TX Manufactured Housing Board Friday, May 31, 2024
- Top Fastest-Growing Cities – 8 of Top 15 are in Texas
- US Mortgage Rates Fall Below 7% for First Time Since Early April
- Floodplain Rule Webinar Series - covers HUD’s new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Final Rule
- Texas’ Republican old guard mobilizes to protect Dade Phelan from the far right
- Supreme Court rules in favor of CFPB
- Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack
- Manufactured Housing: Increasing Access and Preserving Affordability by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Fix the chassis – Opinion on removing the chassis requirement for MH
- Federal Bill - H.R.3507 - Yes In My Backyard Act
- Texas GOP convention kicks off with party leaders attacking Speaker Dade Phelan
- The median existing-home price increased to its highest-ever level for the month of April
- HUD and Rocket Mortgage Reach Agreement on Montana Fair Lending Complaint for Home Purchase
- HUD Approves Settlement with Pennsylvania Housing Providers Resolving Claim of Housing Discrimination
- 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability
- Case Studies: Lessons Learned from Two New England Manufactured Home Replacement Programs
- Japanese prefab house: Two stories with garden
May 15, 2024
- US to cap rent raise for some affordable housing units, official says
- Settlement approved for residents of mobile home park in Garner under “rent to own” scheme
- HUD Investigation Finds Condominium Violates the Accessibility Requirements of the Fair Housing Act
- HUD Awards Over $30 Million to Fight Housing Discrimination
- Fannie Mae HPSI Households Adjusting to Higher Mortgage Rates
- 5 Builder Takeaways From the National Association of Realtors Settlement
- Here is how much household income to afford the median-priced home
- Reforms could improve access to federally insured financing for historically underserved communities
- Policymakers Can Expand Access to Lower-Cost Housing With Manufactured Homes
- Small Mortgages Are Too Hard to Get
- Older U.S. residents are choosing to stay in their own home
- Millennial Lead Home Buying Market
- Housing Issues Rise in State-Level Legislative Efforts Across US
- Onx Homes Announces New Systems Factory Home Building in Florida
March 28, 2024
- HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase Returns to the National Mall June 7-9, 2024
- Zoning Reform, Now a Bipartisan Cause, Tries to Build a Bigger Tent
- HUD Charges Georgia Landlords with Housing Discrimination After Denying Tenant with a Disability the Right to Keep Her Service Dog
- Empower Communities to Build 100-Acre MHC in San Antonio
- The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement
- Real estate agent commission rules are about to change, shifting costs between buyers and sellers
- The housing solution ‘hidden in plain sight’ that Maryland and Mississippi are embracing
- First-Time Home Buyer Loans and Programs: A Beginner’s Guide
- HUD ENACTS INDEXING METHODOLOGY FOR TITLE I MANUFACTURED HOME LOAN LIMITS
- Indexing Methodology for Title I Manufactured Home Loan Limits
- Once America’s Hottest Housing Market, Austin Is Running in Reverse
- FUDGE TO LEAVE HUD - The housing secretary has held the post since 2021.
- CFPB Targets Mortgage Closing Costs as Junk Fees
- IBS 2024: SMALLER PRODUCTS CAN ACHIEVE DENSITY AND HELP SOLVE AFFORDABILITY EQUATION
- Housing Organizations React to State of the Union Address
- GEN Z AND MILLENNIALS ARE OK WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES
March 4, 2024
- A guide to Texas’ March 5 primary elections
- An East Texas town has put strict limits on mobile homes — again
- In GOP primary, House Speaker Dade Phelan fights off claims he's not conservative enough
- HUD’S PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT (PRICE)
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs
- Accessory Dwelling Units Could Remake the Housing Market. Why Are They So Contentious?
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like. Here’s who they are targeting.
- PENDING HOME SALES FALL 4.9% IN JANUARY
- IBS 2024: SMALLER PRODUCTS CAN ACHIEVE DENSITY AND HELP SOLVE AFFORDABILITY EQUATION
- This Louisville neighborhood could become the 'epicenter of modular housing.' Here's how
- Rent Control Is a ‘New York Tragedy’
- Of Woodchucks and Prune Yards: A View of Judicial Takings From the Trenches
January 24, 2024
- Clayton's CROSSMOD Homes Offer Attainable Housing Solution in U.S. Cities
- Can Modular Building Solve the Construction Industry’s Labor Shortage?
- U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas case that could change how states compensate landowners for their property
- Money flows into Texas House GOP primary battles this season
- Texas Homes Flood Housing Market
- CFPB Issues Background Screening, File Disclosure Advisory Opinions
- Empty-nest baby boomers won't give up their large homes — and it's hurting millennials with kids
- The odds of an immediate Fed rate cut are falling
- Mortgage rates finally expected to dip below 6% in 2024, but affordability remains low
- This New Prefab Manufacturer Is Making Modular “Haciendas” in Texas Starting at $249K
- Fannie Mae Introduces 5% Down Payment Option for Multifamily Homes
- What Is Seller Financing?
- Investory Activity in Housing Continues to Cool Amid Elevated Rates and High Prices
January 11, 2024
- Housing confidence jumps to highest level in 20 months
- Mortgage rate decline pulls buyers back into the housing market
- Fed Opts to Pause
- 2024 Housing and Economic Predictions
- Texas Law Enabling Citizens to Sue Over Local Ordinances Pre-Empted by State Laws Takes Effect
- Texas Office of the Attorney General Filed Court Brief on Massive Pre-Emption Law over Local Government
- Texas Senate candidate faces eligibility challenges
- The "donut effect" in Austin
- What the 2024 Capital-Gains Tax Brackets Mean for Your Investments
- Avoid CFPB Fines/FCRA Violations with Proven Strategy
- Rental & Investment Property Mortgage Rates | 2024
- 7 Of The Top 25 Growth Cities Are In Florida; 4 Are in Texas
- In or Out? The Pandemic Trends That Are Here To Stay and the Ones That Are So Over
- Mortgage rates will stay above 6% through 2025
- Fair Housing Updates - HUD entered a Voluntary Compliance Agreement for Shore Hill Apartments resolving a compliance review