Chris Arnold
Stories
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National
Everyday people can buy a house with cash with this new type of loan
A new breed of lenders are helping everyday people make cash offers to buy houses. Cash offers carry clout and sellers are more likely to accept them over offers from people who need a mortgage.
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National
Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers
Lots of speculators are jockeying to get in on the hot market. Sometime they call homeowners multiple times a day. It can be an invasive nuisance, or worse.
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National
The blistering housing market has investors calling homeowners with uninvited offers
Homeowners are being besieged by unsolicited texts and phone calls by people seeking to buy their homes. Some are from individual house flippers, while others are from large real estate companies.
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Business
Evictions rising even as rental help from Congress reaches millions of people
It's not the tsunami of evictions that some experts had feared, but eviction filings are rising sharply in many cities. Meanwhile, $47 billion from Congress to help is finally reaching more renters.
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Politics
Democrats are seeking largest ever investment in affordable housing
The U.S. is facing its worst affordable housing crisis in generations. The heart of the problem is we just doesn't have enough homes. There's too much demand and not enough supply.
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National
Zillow will stop buying and renovating homes and cut 25% of its workforce
The company disclosed Tuesday that it lost about $304 million in the third quarter after purchasing homes at higher prices than it now expects to sell them.
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Politics
Evictions rise sharply in places with no pandemic protections for renters
After the Supreme Court struck down a federal eviction moratorium, landlords began filing more eviction notices --- despite billions of dollars in aid from Congress that is finally reaching renters.
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National
Why rent help from Congress has been so damn slow getting to people who need it
Congress approved $47 billion to pay back rent and prevent evictions. But after nearly 10 months, the vast majority of that money has not reached the millions of people who desperately need it.
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Politics
A New Housing Regulator Could Make The American Dream More Accessible For Millions
Sources tell NPR the Biden administration is close to announcing its pick to run the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the $11 trillion mortgage market.
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Politics
Housing Regulator Nominee Will Have The Power To Reshape Homeownership In America
The Biden Administration may announce the nomination of a key regulator who could direct billions of dollars for down-payment assistance and make more affordable homes available.