The National Fair Housing Alliance is pushing back against claims by the Trump administration that it’s behind most of the nation’s housing complaints, defending its role as budget negotiations threaten its funding. In a letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, the NFHA argued that the administration was using “erroneous information” to justify […]
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As President Donald Trump continues his push for tougher immigration enforcement and higher tariffs, Americans are increasingly split on how it will affect home prices, a survey from real estate firm Redfin found. In the survey, 51% of respondents agreed when asked if they thought that less immigration would lead to fewer construction workers and
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Why aren’t home sales crashing as they did in 2022? Right now we have elevated mortgage rates, trade war uncertainty, rising property taxes and home insurance, terrible consumer confidence data and a downgrade of the government’s debt, among other factors. But, housing demand continues to hold up, surprising people who can’t explain why home sales
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