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Contract closings decreased 2% from the prior month to an annualized 5.88 million, in line with economists’ estimates, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Wednesday.

The difference between purchase contract prices and valuations was consistently wider than in white neighborhoods, according to a recent analysis of 12 million appraisals from the Uniform Collateral Data Portal.

Growing confidence that they’ll be able to find a new place to live will finally push homeowners to put their homes up for sale, the survey of real estate experts found.

Applications were up 9% compared to July’s total, while the average price for newly built houses hit a record.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he planned to move Tuesday to file a discharge petition to move Chopra’s nomination out of the Senate Banking Committee and onto the Senate floor.

Enact's stock offering priced on Sept. 16 in its expected range, at $19 per share, and quickly moved up to over $21.

Residential starts rose 3.9% last month to a 1.62 million annualized rate after an upwardly revised July print, according to government data released Tuesday.

Property taxes — up the most in 15 years in 2020, according to recently released Labor Department data — will likely see even sharper jumps this year.

Large companies competing to become the Amazon or Google for home lending products discuss their use of acquisitions and targeted marketing to cultivate the image of being a one-stop-shop innovator.

Sandra Thompson, who has been acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency since June, has won backing from the mortgage industry and community groups for the experience she brings to the role. The push comes as the administration is said to be considering Mike Calhoun of the Center for Responsible Lending.