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Ascent Developer Solutions launches to serve construction loan needs

Housing Wire

Ascent Developer Solutions , a private mortgage lending platform, announced its launch Friday in conjunction with an equity infusion from Elliott Investment Management. Founder and CEO Robert Wasmund has a deep background in the residential construction and bridge lending industry. “We

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Secondary market for construction financing could help spur multifamily developments

Housing Wire

“A national secondary market for construction financing could allow lenders, like state housing finance agencies and banks, to provide the investment capital needed to get multifamily housing projects built and keys in families’ hands.” This could make the overall cost to entry — which is already low — more digestible.

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Florida has built 77,000 new homes in high-risk flood areas

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The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said. The construction figure in Florida far exceeds the next most prominent states. Developers continue to build in these areas with few obvious signs of slowing, the story said. “La

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Housing construction picked up in September, but developers are getting anxious

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. However, permits for future construction recorded a 4.4% “Slower construction activity in the Northeast could reflect cooler demand as well as challenges builders face in finding availability lots,” she said. Could multifamily construction stall?

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The homebuilders’ 2025 supply and demand problem

Housing Wire

This situation poses a risk to construction labor in 2025. Is 2025 the first year we start losing residential construction jobs? Earlier this year, mortgage rates were trending at 7.50%; during that time, we received one negative monthly residential construction labor report. This issue extends beyond just housing. percent (18.6

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Why new home sales are disappointing, despite beating estimates

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Additionally, there are 268,000 homes currently under construction. Furthermore, there remains a record high of 108,000 homes that builders have not yet started constructing, all while mortgage rates remain above 7%. percent (19.7 percent (16.2

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The Southern housing markets poised to become boomtowns

Housing Wire

Using growth indicators that measure upcoming construction and development, southern metros take eight spots in the top 10 list. in new construction, 7.2% in builder/developer land, 4% in recent build and 1.1% The fires are also projected to slow construction growth as the area starts the rebuilding process.