Rent control is an important topic for landlords. Does it work? Does it help vulnerable tenants? Does it exacerbate housing shortages? How does it affect our businesses? The academic debates…

The Associated Press reported a few days ago on the Trump Administration’s intentions to end government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This has been in the works for…

As Hurricane Dorian hovers over the Bahamas and threatens Florida, there’s no doubt that this is a hard time for many in the region who face destruction and uncertainty. With…

Blair duQuesnay of The Belle Curve broke an interesting story last week citing BankRate data showing that the rates on 5/7/10 year ARMs are higher than the 30-year fixed rate.…

Here’s how to stop a real estate investor dead in their tracks: negative interest rate mortgages. OK, you have my attention. Go on. In a widely reported move, Erik Sherman…

Cap rates have been increasing in America’s top markets, but lower interest rates threaten to push them back down in the near future. Bendix Anderson of the National Real Estate…

The Federal Reserve announced last week an interest rate cut of 0.25%, bringing the benchmark rate to 2%—the first cut since the 2008 credit crisis! Of course, this had the…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a statement relating to the expiration of the temporary qualified mortgage provision applicable to certain mortgage loans, also known as the GSE patch, noting that…

The week opened with widely reported housing start data from June, beginning with Jeffrey Bartash of MarketWatch noting that “Construction of new houses fell slightly in June and permits sank…