The National Association of Home Builders of the United States has endorsed the Tokyo Declaration, which it said is "a major advancement in the effort to improve the quality of housing and living environments throughout Japan."The NAHB recently chaired the International Housing Association's first-ever meeting in Asia, at which participants from nine countries signed the landmark agreement supporting enactment of a National Housing Act for Japan. NAHB immediate past president Bobby Rayburn, a homebuilder from Jackson, Miss., said the "first-of-its-kind declaration emphasizes the important role IHA plays in improving the quality of housing for people across the globe." The NAHB can be found on the web at http://www.nahb.org.
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Michael Hutchins, the two-time interim chief executive at the government-sponsored enterprise, will remain with the company in his role as president.
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New-home purchase activity rose 3.1% year over year, but dropped 7% from October, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
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Higher unemployment has driven these indications of distress higher but most loans that financial institutions hold in their portfolios are still performing.
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Remote work helped fuel migration and erased the loss of rural residents that occurred in the decade prior to the arrival of Covid, Harvard researchers found.
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The threshold regards loans where the annual percentage rate is at least 1.5 percentage points higher than the average prime offer rate on first liens.
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The home purchase market, which competes for consumers with rentals, should remain subdued in 2026 because of high mortgage rates and low affordability.
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