January 2026

Real estate leaders applaud Trump’s focus on housing, but question the impact

During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday President Donald Trump outlined three policy initiatives he was undertaking to help improve housing affordability for American consumers. In the speech, he did discuss his “ban” on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes, his direction to the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to acquire up […]

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Pennsylvania bill targets local curbs on shared housing

A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers wants to scrap local limits on shared living in a move that could reopen the door to boarding houses, single-room occupancy buildings, and other shared housing statewide.​ House Bill 2109 – with support from seven state legislators signing on sponsor a committee vote – would bar municipalities from using zoning

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Trump’s 401(k) proposal could help homebuyers, hurt retirement funds

President Donald Trump’s expected proposal to allow Americans to tap their 401(k) retirement accounts without penalties to fund down payments could ease one of the biggest barriers to homeownership, but it could come at the cost of weakening long-term retirement security. The idea was absent from Trump’s speech on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum

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