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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine rolled out the Welcome Home Ohio program, a product of the Ohio legislature's biennium budget bill, House Bill 33.

The move is somewhat counterintuitive relative to other market signals but Fannie Mae generally forecasts a net positive shift in lending conditions this year.

Single-family home construction fell by the most since July 2022, following a surge in November, while multifamily projects rose to a five-month high.

With traders reducing wagers on a rate cut at the Federal Reserve's March meeting and the yield on 10-year Treasuries rising to 4.11%, the highest since Dec. 12, real estate is primed to take a hit.

As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, Patriot Bank must invest more than $1 million of the total in a loan subsidy fund for minority homeowners and take other corrective steps in its everyday business. The bank denied any wrongdoing.

The former Obama administration official and MBA head died unexpectedly on Jan. 16.

Much has been said about how millennials and Gen X have a higher homeownership rate now, but how these generations compare at age 24 is a different story.

But the index is still well below pre-pandemic levels, suggesting momentum may be slow to build with borrowing costs still twice as high as they were two years ago.

The reality of converting office properties to multifamily housing is not as simple as it might seem, said Lisa Pendergast.

The index of mortgage applications to buy a home increased 9.2% in the week ended Jan. 12 to 162.2, the highest since July 14, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.