Industry in the News
July 10, 2024
- Supreme Court shifts power over federal regulations from agencies to judges
- Supreme Court Ruling Reins In Federal Bureaucrats
- FANNIE - Unaffordability Expected to Remain Primary Constraint on Home Sales
- Pre-Fab Houses Selling on Amazon
- Credit Availability’s Effect on Texas Rural Land Markets
- Legalizing More Housing Construction with State and Local Innovations
- Federal Officials Award $85 Million in First PRO Housing Grants
- Journal Profile: Aaron Levy sees macro potential in micro homes
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates
- Median existing-home price for all housing types in May was $419,300, the highest price ever recorded
- TDHCA to hold one public hearing during a 15-day Public Comment and accepting public comment on the draft PRICE NOFO Application
- HUD issues $47,500 Consent Order with PadSplit resolving allegations of discrimination against a tenant because of her disability
- HUD Approves Agreement with Housing Provider Resolving Allegations of Discrimination Under the Violence Against Women Act and the Fair Housing Act
- Truckers hope protest over unpaid hours and lack of restrooms will spark a Permian Basin labor movement
- Property Fraud Allegations Snowball as Commercial Real-Estate Values Fall
- Red-hot Southeast Austin industrial market getting yet another project
- 'Massive' Housing Bubble About to Burst, Real Estate Expert Warns
- The CFPB's 2023 fair lending annual report to Congress – includes action against Colony Ridge
June 20, 2024
- 2024 Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall – Highlights Manufactured Housing
- Housing Affordability: Overview and Model Legislation by Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Innovative Housing Solutions on Display at the National Mall
- NAHB Highlights Pre-Approved Plans as Tool to Combat Housing Costs
- HUD launches manufactured home community loan program
- Court Upholds Injunction Against Water Shut Off to Mobile Home Park
- US Mortgage Rates Drop Below 7% for First Time Since March
- 210-unit micro-home community in the greater Austin metro
- Dallas’ Crow Holdings Snaps Up Six-State Manufactured Housing Portfolio, Plans $30M Improvements
- Eviction Moratorium Taking, Excessive Fines Taking, And 1983 Zoning Statutes Of Limitations
- Why the Fed might need to 'get on with it' and cut rates
- Fed Officials in Wait-and-See Mode on Rate Cuts
- CFPB Takes Action Against Repeat Offender Freedom Mortgage Corporation
- The Supreme Court may soon defang bank regulators — especially the CFPB
- CFPB Issues RFI on Mortgage Closing Costs
- 3 in 5 homes listed in May on the market for at least 30 days
- Upcoming Pew event, "Manufactured Housing: Increasing Access and Preserving Affordability
May 28, 2024
- TX Manufactured Housing Board Friday, May 31, 2024
- Top Fastest-Growing Cities – 8 of Top 15 are in Texas
- US Mortgage Rates Fall Below 7% for First Time Since Early April
- Floodplain Rule Webinar Series - covers HUD’s new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Final Rule
- Texas’ Republican old guard mobilizes to protect Dade Phelan from the far right
- Supreme Court rules in favor of CFPB
- Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack
- Manufactured Housing: Increasing Access and Preserving Affordability by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Fix the chassis – Opinion on removing the chassis requirement for MH
- Federal Bill - H.R.3507 - Yes In My Backyard Act
- Texas GOP convention kicks off with party leaders attacking Speaker Dade Phelan
- The median existing-home price increased to its highest-ever level for the month of April
- HUD and Rocket Mortgage Reach Agreement on Montana Fair Lending Complaint for Home Purchase
- HUD Approves Settlement with Pennsylvania Housing Providers Resolving Claim of Housing Discrimination
- 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability
- Case Studies: Lessons Learned from Two New England Manufactured Home Replacement Programs
- Japanese prefab house: Two stories with garden
May 15, 2024
- US to cap rent raise for some affordable housing units, official says
- Settlement approved for residents of mobile home park in Garner under “rent to own” scheme
- HUD Investigation Finds Condominium Violates the Accessibility Requirements of the Fair Housing Act
- HUD Awards Over $30 Million to Fight Housing Discrimination
- Fannie Mae HPSI Households Adjusting to Higher Mortgage Rates
- 5 Builder Takeaways From the National Association of Realtors Settlement
- Here is how much household income to afford the median-priced home
- Reforms could improve access to federally insured financing for historically underserved communities
- Policymakers Can Expand Access to Lower-Cost Housing With Manufactured Homes
- Small Mortgages Are Too Hard to Get
- Older U.S. residents are choosing to stay in their own home
- Millennial Lead Home Buying Market
- Housing Issues Rise in State-Level Legislative Efforts Across US
- Onx Homes Announces New Systems Factory Home Building in Florida
March 28, 2024
- HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase Returns to the National Mall June 7-9, 2024
- Zoning Reform, Now a Bipartisan Cause, Tries to Build a Bigger Tent
- HUD Charges Georgia Landlords with Housing Discrimination After Denying Tenant with a Disability the Right to Keep Her Service Dog
- Empower Communities to Build 100-Acre MHC in San Antonio
- The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement
- Real estate agent commission rules are about to change, shifting costs between buyers and sellers
- The housing solution ‘hidden in plain sight’ that Maryland and Mississippi are embracing
- First-Time Home Buyer Loans and Programs: A Beginner’s Guide
- HUD ENACTS INDEXING METHODOLOGY FOR TITLE I MANUFACTURED HOME LOAN LIMITS
- Indexing Methodology for Title I Manufactured Home Loan Limits
- Once America’s Hottest Housing Market, Austin Is Running in Reverse
- FUDGE TO LEAVE HUD - The housing secretary has held the post since 2021.
- CFPB Targets Mortgage Closing Costs as Junk Fees
- IBS 2024: SMALLER PRODUCTS CAN ACHIEVE DENSITY AND HELP SOLVE AFFORDABILITY EQUATION
- Housing Organizations React to State of the Union Address
- GEN Z AND MILLENNIALS ARE OK WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES
March 4, 2024
- A guide to Texas’ March 5 primary elections
- An East Texas town has put strict limits on mobile homes — again
- In GOP primary, House Speaker Dade Phelan fights off claims he's not conservative enough
- HUD’S PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT (PRICE)
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs
- Accessory Dwelling Units Could Remake the Housing Market. Why Are They So Contentious?
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like. Here’s who they are targeting.
- PENDING HOME SALES FALL 4.9% IN JANUARY
- IBS 2024: SMALLER PRODUCTS CAN ACHIEVE DENSITY AND HELP SOLVE AFFORDABILITY EQUATION
- This Louisville neighborhood could become the 'epicenter of modular housing.' Here's how
- Rent Control Is a ‘New York Tragedy’
- Of Woodchucks and Prune Yards: A View of Judicial Takings From the Trenches
January 24, 2024
- Clayton's CROSSMOD Homes Offer Attainable Housing Solution in U.S. Cities
- Can Modular Building Solve the Construction Industry’s Labor Shortage?
- U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas case that could change how states compensate landowners for their property
- Money flows into Texas House GOP primary battles this season
- Texas Homes Flood Housing Market
- CFPB Issues Background Screening, File Disclosure Advisory Opinions
- Empty-nest baby boomers won't give up their large homes — and it's hurting millennials with kids
- The odds of an immediate Fed rate cut are falling
- Mortgage rates finally expected to dip below 6% in 2024, but affordability remains low
- This New Prefab Manufacturer Is Making Modular “Haciendas” in Texas Starting at $249K
- Fannie Mae Introduces 5% Down Payment Option for Multifamily Homes
- What Is Seller Financing?
- Investory Activity in Housing Continues to Cool Amid Elevated Rates and High Prices
January 11, 2024
- Housing confidence jumps to highest level in 20 months
- Mortgage rate decline pulls buyers back into the housing market
- Fed Opts to Pause
- 2024 Housing and Economic Predictions
- Texas Law Enabling Citizens to Sue Over Local Ordinances Pre-Empted by State Laws Takes Effect
- Texas Office of the Attorney General Filed Court Brief on Massive Pre-Emption Law over Local Government
- Texas Senate candidate faces eligibility challenges
- The "donut effect" in Austin
- What the 2024 Capital-Gains Tax Brackets Mean for Your Investments
- Avoid CFPB Fines/FCRA Violations with Proven Strategy
- Rental & Investment Property Mortgage Rates | 2024
- 7 Of The Top 25 Growth Cities Are In Florida; 4 Are in Texas
- In or Out? The Pandemic Trends That Are Here To Stay and the Ones That Are So Over
- Mortgage rates will stay above 6% through 2025
- Fair Housing Updates - HUD entered a Voluntary Compliance Agreement for Shore Hill Apartments resolving a compliance review