Housing inventory ticked up on an annual basis for the 28th consecutive month in February, but growth continued to flatten, underlining a trend losing momentum. Processing Content Active listings grew 7.9% year over year in February, but just 0.2% month over month, reaching more than 914,000 homes on the market, according to Realtor.com’s monthly housing […]
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Several trade groups usually supportive of efforts to increase housing inventory are taking exception to new homebuilding language added to a federal bill currently under Senate consideration. Processing Content Lawmakers added a provision in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act that will require large institutional investors purchasing build-to-rent properties to sell units they purchase
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Policymakers in Washington are increasingly focused on the role of large institutional investors in the single-family housing market. The concern is straightforward: if large private equity firms are buying millions of homes, they could contribute to rising housing costs and reduced access for Americans trying to buy their first house. Processing Content Those concerns deserve
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