Here are a few national real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this week…
- from Yahoo! Finance: The slowing U.S. housing market may have finally bottomed
- from CNN Business: The shutdown is coming at the worst time for the economy
- from The Wall Street Journal: Government Shutdown Stymies Opportunity-Zone Investors — Regulators not around to clarify urban real-estate tax breaks, frustrating funds that are raising hundreds of millions of dollars
- from CNBC: Student loan debt is keeping young people from buying homes, Fed study finds
- from The Wall Street Journal: IRS Reopens Key Program for Mortgage Loans — Industry argued government shutdown was hindering income-verification requirements needed to close loans
- from Forbes: Builders Betting Big On Luxury Townhomes As Millennials Eye Homeownership
- from Housing Wire: American homeownership tenure is climbing — What does this mean for the housing market?
- from Microsoft Blog: Ensuring a healthy community: the need for affordable housing
- from CoreLogic: Natural Hazard Report
- from the Los Angeles Times: As the housing market slows, builders are offering buyer discounts
