by FABA Admin | Jul 31, 2020 | FABA News
President Trump tweeted comments on repealing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule earlier this week that caused concern within the housing community. Trump told suburban residents that they would “no longer be bothered” by having low-income housing...
by FABA Admin | Jul 31, 2020 | FABA News
The coronavirus has affected the economy in a number of ways — one being the housing market. A recent episode of the “Building the Dream” series from TheHill.TV looks at housing as an area that can boost the economic recovery, but only if the workforce is in...
by FABA Admin | Jul 29, 2020 | FABA News
Of the 11% of American adults considering a future home purchase in the second quarter of 2020, about half (49%) are not simply planning it, they are actively engaged in the process to find a home, according to the latest quarterly Housing Trends Report. That is a...
by FABA Admin | Jul 28, 2020 | FABA News
Just 24% of prospective buyers can afford at least half the homes available in their markets, according to the second quarter of 2020’s Housing Trends Report. The other 77% are able to afford fewer than half the homes. Although these results demonstrate...
by FABA Admin | Jul 24, 2020 | FABA News
The following analysis was recently published in NAHB’s bi-weekly e-newsletter Eye On the Economy by Chief Economist Robert Dietz: The remarkably strong data for home construction has continued in recent weeks. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index...
by FABA Admin | Jul 24, 2020 | FABA News
In a sign that the housing market is leading the economy during the coronavirus outbreak, sales of newly built, single-family homes rose to their highest level since the Great Recession, up 13.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 776,000 units in June, according...
