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Several affordable housing leaders met this week with National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, Domestic Policy Council Director Ambassador Susan Rice, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson to discuss housing supply and affordability. Leaders from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), National Association of Home Builders…

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The national median payment applied for by applicants decreased from $1,844 in July to $1,839 in August, improving homebuyer affordability for the third straight month, according to a report issued last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). MBA’s Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) measures how new monthly mortgage payments vary across time—relative to income—using…

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HomeJab announces the release of its first annual “Rants and Raves” survey of professional real estate photographers. HomeJab, which has delivered more than 4,000,000 images to help real estate agents sell and rent more than $35 billion in listings, polled more than 100 professional real estate photographers for its survey, a release stated. “Research shows…

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Jenni Bonura, president and CEO of Atlanta luxury firm Harry Norman, REALTORS®, has announced changes to the leadership of the company’s Buckhead Northwest and Woodstock offices. Tori Hughes, a current Harry Norman REALTOR®, was named senior vice president and managing broker of the Buckhead Northwest office. Hughes has been with Harry Norman since 2018 and…

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