• Pittsburgh, Cleveland top global metro affordability list,Jonathan Delozier

    Pittsburgh, Cleveland top global metro affordability list

    Pittsburgh and Cleveland rank as the world’s most affordable major housing markets, but a new report finds that not a single metro area among 95 studied actually qualifies as affordable. The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report — released by Chapman University — measured aff

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  • Homebuyers seek independent research, but still want a real estate agent,Brooklee Han

    Homebuyers seek independent research, but still want a real estate agent

    From business practice changes, to a slowing housing market, to rapidly advancing technology, real estate agents have had to adapt quite a bit over the past few years. Still, homebuyers find them more important than ever. Data from Cotality shows that while more than 500,000 agents have entered the

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  • Powell’s Jackson Hole speech stirs cautious optimism for housing,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Powell’s Jackson Hole speech stirs cautious optimism for housing

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium left real estate and mortgage professionals cautiously optimistic. While expectations are building for lower interest rates, volatility remains a concern. In his final address as Fed chair at the Federal Re

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