Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this week…
- from the National Flood Insurance Program: Premium Increases and Surcharges
- from Environmental Research Letters: Estimates of present and future flood risk in the conterminous United States
- from MarketWatch: Nearly 100,000 members of Generation Z own a home (they’re 23 and younger)
- from Mortgage News Daily: “Significant” Reduction in Closing Times – Ellie Mae
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Last Week’s Drop
- from Realtor.com: Federal Reserve Move Indicates That From Here on Out, Mortgage Rates Will Be Going Up
- from CNBC: Mortgage refinances fall even further despite first rate drop of 2018
- from the National Association of REALTORS®: Existing-Home Sales Rebound 3.0 Percent in February
- from FreddieMac: Why is Adulting Getting Harder? Young Adults and Household Formation
- from VOA: Researchers Make Wood Stronger Than Steel
