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May 12, 2025

housing

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Lower mortgage rates prompt home owners to list properties, but housing supply remains constrained

January 18, 2024 Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The recent pullback in mortgage rates is spurring more homeowners to put their homes up for sale, though the increases so far have been too modest to return the housing market’s inventory […]

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$280M in housing authority funding requests approved by the Local Government Commission 

November 30, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Local Government Commission (LGC) approved approximately $280 million in financing requests at its Nov. 14 meeting.  The approvals were on requests made by housing authorities across various North Carolina counties, […]

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The average long-term US mortgage rate surges to 7.63%, holding at highest level since 2000

October 26, 2023 The Associated Press

The cost of financing a home surged again this week with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate at its highest level since December 2000. The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to […]

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Renting quickly becoming inaccessible for many Americans

July 29, 2022 Casandra Karpiak, Wealth of Geeks

We are in a housing crisis. Freddie Mac estimates that the United States needs nearly 4 million new housing units to keep up. But there’s an even larger problem rapidly becoming apparent. The rental market […]

Business

Two anchors of COVID safety net ending, affecting millions

September 9, 2021 admin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mary Taboniar went 15 months without a paycheck, thanks to the COVID pandemic. A housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu, the single mother of two saw her income completely […]

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How to plan an eco-friendly remodel without overspending

June 1, 2021 Annie Millerbernd, NerdWallet

When Cliff and Karen Tyllick set out to install solar panels on their Austin, Texas , home in 2012, their goal was to reduce their carbon footprint. The fact that they also saved thousands of […]

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Economic uncertainty creates challenges for NC business and development partners

May 6, 2020 Elizabeth Lincicome, North State Journal

RALEIGH — Over the past two months, government efforts to contain the coronavirus have brought national and local economies to a screeching halt. Consumer spending and consumer confidence are at their lowest since the 1950’s […]

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