Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen last week…
- from RealtyTrac: U.S. Distressed Sale Share Drops to Nine-Year Low in 2016
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Steady to Begin February
- from AppFolio, Inc.: How Affordable Are These 20 Popular U.S. Cities, Really?
- from Curbed.com: Construction boom exposes labor shortage threatening homebuilding
- from CNBC: Trump’s first housing move tanks mortgage applications 3.2%
- from ConstructionDive: Why 2017 will be the year of office construction
- from Bloomberg: Why Single Women Are Buying Homes at Twice Twice the Rate of Single Men
- from Forbes: Creating Housing That Older Americans Will Need
- from Builder: HOME PRICES 0.3% AWAY FROM NEW PEAK — Black Knight HPI for 1016 through November was up 5.7%
- from FastCoexist: A Third of the U.S. Population Won’t Be Able to Afford Water Bills in Just 5 Years
