Climate - Real Estate Investor Pulse

Why it’s time for the housing industry to get serious about climate risk

March 1, 2023 Mariel Alumit Comments Off

For decades, the housing industry has viewed climate risk as a fairly straightforward issue. You build the home to code. You use the right comps to appraise it. You check the 100-year floodplain determination box […]

What Climate, Health Care Bill Doesn’t Do

August 15, 2022 Stu Turley Comments Off

The sweeping climate, healthcare and tax bill that passed the U.S House of Representatives Friday spared affordable housing investment and other real estate from the most feared new taxes. The bill, approved by the Senate, […]

Rocket lost money last year, so why are its shares up?

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, lost money in 2023, but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Despite reporting […]

Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation […]

Jobs data sends mortgage rates higher

February 3, 2024 Comments Off

Today we got a jobs Friday hat trick! Better headline jobs were reported, with positive revisions and more robust wage growth, which caught bond traders off guard and sent bond yields and mortgage rates […]