• Many older Americans stuck in homes that no longer fit,Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation

    Many older Americans stuck in homes that no longer fit

    The nation’s housing shortage is often framed as a challenge for first-time buyers and growing families. But another group is increasingly feeling the impact — older homeowners who want to downsize yet find themselves with few practical options. Across the country, many seniors remain in large famil

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  • Class Valuation adds Makena InstaPlan ahead of UAD 3.6 shift,Sarah Wolak

    Class Valuation adds Makena InstaPlan ahead of UAD 3.6 shift

    Class Valuation has partnered with Makena to provide appraisers with new mobile data-collection tools ahead of the mortgage industry’s transition to the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) 3.6 standards later this year. The appraisal management company announced last week that appraisers working through

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  • May rent trends run sideways as multifamily supply stays strong,Richard Lawson

    May rent trends run sideways as multifamily supply stays strong

    Policymakers have been making the case that more supply is a better check on housing costs than rent stabilization. May apartment rental data backs up that narrative. Rents ticked up modestly last month, the fifth consecutive month of sequential growth. But May’s reading was the lowest for that mont

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