EVgo Completes Four Sale-Leasebacks for Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

EVgo Completes Four Sale-Leasebacks for Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

SLB Capital Advisors, a real estate advisory firm focused on executing sale-leasebacks for corporations and sponsors, arranged four leasing transactions on behalf of EVgo, a leader in electric vehicle charging solutions headquartered in... Read more »

New-Home Prices Fall to Lowest Level in 3 Years as Builders Appeal To Buyers Amid High Mortgage Rates Keith Griffith

The price of newly built homes plunged last month as homebuilders sought ways to attract buyers who are feeling the pinch of higher mortgage rates. The median sales price of a newly... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program faces stability and viability challenges stemming from the 2022 collapse of a major industry lender and its extinguishment from the HECM-backed Securities (HMBS) program, which... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

Keller Williams faces three lawsuits tied to its profit-sharing program 

Three agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty — Jerri L. Moulder, David L. Bueker and Robert E. Hill — have taken legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing three... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

Opinion: How did homeowners get into home equity prison?

Just for a moment, let’s imagine a world in which a person purchases a home shortly before a global pandemic. Even though they have a low mortgage rate on their home loan,... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

‘This is a great time for women to be in real estate,’ survey finds 

Since its inception in 1908, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has undergone a remarkable transformation, with women now accounting for 62% of its membership, according to data for the trade organization.... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

FHFA assisted nearly 44,000 troubled homeowners in Q4 2023

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 43,903 foreclosure prevention actions in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a new report published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Over the course... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

These LOs are TikTok sensations. They call a potential ban “unfortunate”

It may be counterintuitive, but loan officer Scott Betley, a 32-year-old TikTok sensation, says he isn’t worried about a potential U.S. ban of the short-form video app. Betley, who has more than... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

Homebuilders are still buying down rates to move houses

This has kept single-family permits from falling and kept construction workers employed to build and finish the backlog of single-family homes in the pipeline. We obviously can’t say that the apartment marketplace... Read more »
Indiana senator seeks information on HECM stability, calls for ‘congressional scrutiny’

Escalating insurance costs deepen housing affordability crunch: Freddie Mac

Fueled by a surge in mortgage rates, owning a home has become increasingly expensive. According to a Freddie Mac housing and mortgage market report released Monday, while mortgage payments remain the primary... Read more »