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Flagstar Bank offers brokers direct access to seasoned specialty lending experts and powerful tech solutions

Housing Wire

In response, many brokers are relying on extra support, and Flagstar Bank offers exactly that. An accelerated broker closing program and regional underwriting and closing teams are just some of the ways Flagstar’s wholesale program equips brokers with the tools they need to grow.

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Opinion: why we all have a stake in closing the homeownership gap

Housing Wire

Roosevelt enacted the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) as part of the New Deal to provide small down payment home loans for working-class Americans. New construction, resales, refinances and home improvements account for approximately 16% of the U.S. GDP, roughly $3 trillion.

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New Construction Buyers: Results from the Zillow Consumer Housing Trends Report 2023

Zillow Market Reports

In this report, we take a deeper look at new construction buyers — household decision makers that own their primary residence and moved to a new construction home they purchased in the past two years. Sampling & Weighting Results from this survey are nationally representative of new construction buyers.

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Benefits of Investing in New Construction Real Estate

Norada Real Estate

When it comes to investing in residential real estate, there are only two basic types of property you can invest in – new construction and resale. New construction properties are those that are purchased directly from the builder or developer who constructed the property. In short, they are considered brand new.

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Residential real estate activity picks up despite low inventory

Housing Wire

Demand from the buyer side has remained steady or increased, however, and new home builders have responded to inventory shortages by increasing speculative inventory production, according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book, released Wednesday. Builders have been offering strong incentives to close deals.

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Buying New Construction for the First Time? Here Are the Dos and Don’ts You’ll Need to Know Before Jumping In

HomeLight

You’re looking at new construction as an option for your new home and love the idea of buying a brand-new house that has never been lived in before. However, you want to arm yourself with the tools and insider information so you don’t get too carried away with the new build. The dos of buying new construction.

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Mortgage rates might soar even higher

Housing Wire

Following the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates by an additional 75 basis points on Wednesday, the central bank said it will hike rates as high as 4.6% We do not see new construction returning in a meaningful way any time soon. Kurt Carlton, President of New Western. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled to around 6.5%

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