Renting, living alone were pandemic mental health risk factors. The last year and a half have been a struggle for all of us, and that’s putting it lightly.
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The FINANCIAL — Rental concessions, such as a free month’s rent, appear to be luring Gen Z out of their parents’ basements and back into the rental market. New Zillow research finds more Gen Z adults, ages 18 to 25, who had been living
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The FINANCIAL — The presidential election is over. Major media on all sides of the political spectrum agree that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won. No doubt there will be skirmishes ahead, but like Yorktown and Appomattox it’s time to move
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The FINANCIAL — JLL announced that its EMEA CEO Guy Grainger will move into a new role as Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG with effect from January 1, 2021. The new senior role reflects the company’s ongoing strategic focus on
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The FINANCIAL — In more evidence that persistent buyer demand is pushing a strong housing market deeper into the year than usual, a new Zillow® analysis finds the share of homes sold above list continues to rise, blowing past the typical mid-summer peak. That
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The FINANCIAL — Intense and persistent buyer demand is keeping the time on market for houses at incredible lows and pushing prices ever higher above 2019, according to Zillow’s Weekly Market Report. Sales remain high above last year and are expected to stay
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The FINANCIAL — According to the latest release, existing-home sales rose 21% in September from one year earlier while new home sales rose 32%. These headline figures are seasonally adjusted and are reported in the news. To assess the overall trending direction
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The FINANCE — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) issued its 2021 funding calendar, which provides optional announcement dates for Reference Notes® securities and announcement dates for Reference Bills® securities. The 2021 funding calendar is available on the Debt Securities Auction. Reference Notes issuances and Reference Bills
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The FINANCIAL – The housing market is showing signs of seasonal cooling after a scorching hot summer sales season that stretched uncharacteristically far into fall, according to Zillow’s Weekly Market Report1. A nearly six-month acceleration of year-over-year list price increases stabilized this week
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The FINANCIAL — Monthly mortgage payments are becoming increasingly affordable for U.S. homeowners as mortgage rates have hit record lows, a new Zillow® analysis shows. But that masks the difficulties would-be buyers face in getting into homes in the first place after extraordinary price
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