New policy impact may ignite a manufactured housing blue-sky era

With a major policy win at hand, one of America’s most promising housing affordability solutions hidden in plain sight may get the close-up moment its stakeholders have fought for decades to earn. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act – on a white-knuckle countdown to midnight before going into law as expected – includes a […]

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Data centers emerge as real estate’s newest pricing wildcard

This is part 1 of a 3-part HousingWire special series on the impacts of data centers on housing. Data centers are creating a split-screen effect in housing markets: They can boost regional demand and land values, while homes near controversial sites may face buyer resistance over noise, water use, construction activity and long-term uncertainty. That

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The short sale process changed, real estate agents did not keep up

One of the most consistent mistakes that buyers’ agents make today is ignoring one of the best sources of affordable housing available to their clients: distressed properties — short sales in particular. After more than 40 years in the real estate business and involvement in over 25,000 distressed property transactions, I’ve watched agents make this

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