Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Multifamily developers share less confidence in the state of their market sector than they did a year ago, a National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Multifamily Market Survey found. High construction costs, elevated project borrowing and debt expense, stagnant rental growth and shaky consumer confidence are each culprits.  The survey has two indices, one for […]

Just one day after an incredibly strong jobs report–something that would normally create problematic upward momentum for rates–the average lender is back to the lowest levels since January 16th. At the risk of overusing a played-out metaphor, this was not on many experts’ bingo cards. Even with the benefit of hindsight, it’s not entirely possible

In a new lawsuit that has attracted AARP, a consumer advocacy group is suing home equity investment platform Unison, the latest in a series of similar cases HEI firms have seen lodged against them.  Processing Content The National Association of Consumer Advocates filed the lawsuit in District of Columbia Superior Court. Alongside its own attorneys,