Housing Market Struggles as High Prices and Mortgage Rates Weigh on Buyers
Existing home-based sales stumbled in January, falling 4.9% from December to reach 4.08 million per year. The launch in 2025 continues a period of long-term weakness in home sales due to the challenge of affordable prices to keep many buyers on the sidelines. Despite monthly declines, sales were 2.0% higher than last year, marking the […]
Housing market mired in slump as January home sales drop 4.9%
Sales of previously occupied US homes fell in January as mortgage rates increased and prices postponed many home buyers despite wider property selection in the market. did. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales fell 4.9% last month from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 408 million units. Sales increased 2% […]
NYC sues Trump after FEMA claws back $80 million migrant housing grant
New York City sued President Trump on Friday. Citing concerns about “illegal conduct,” the Trump administration has reclaimed money to crack down on programs funded by Congress and administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The federal government paid $80.5 million to its New York City central bank account on February 4th, but on […]
D.C. Housing Market Sees Increase in Homes for Sale Amid Gov. Layoffs
The Washington, DC Regional Housing Market has sold an increase in homes for sale as more government employees have been fired or accepted shopping. According to the Devon & Dustin Fox home Website“big changes” are happening in Washington, DC, with the housing market seeing an increase in homes where people are listed, and “homes are […]
Kristi Noem Terminates Four FEMA Employees Who Circumvented Leadership to Make Payments for Migrant Housing in New York Hotel
FEMA has terminated four employees circumventing leadership to pay for immigrant housing at hotels in New York, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed. “FEMA is terminating four individuals' employment to avoid leadership to unilaterally make strict payments to luxury NYC hotels,” DHS' Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. , noted that the shooting included FEMA's […]
‘They’re going to have much better housing’
President Trump confirmed that under his controversial development plan in the war-torn Gaza Strip, Palestinians will not be allowed to return to Hamaslan enclaves. “No, because they have better housing. Trump told Fox News' “Special Report” host Bret Baier in a clip from a weekend interview that aired Monday morning on “Fox & Friends.” . […]
Noem confident in legality of housing migrants at Guantánamo Bay
Homeland Security Department Christie Noem said he is confident the government is taking it to deport certain migrants from the US mainland to Guantanamo Bay. In an interview with CNN about the “Confederation Status,” Dana Bash admitted that Guantanamo Bay was used to house previously exiled migrants, but after the prison illegally crossed the border […]
HUD Secretary Scott Turner Revokes Obama-Era Housing Rule On ‘Gender Identity’ Financial Protections
Donald Trump's candidate for the US presidential election is a secretary of housing and urban development, and Eric Scott Turner is the Senate bank at the Darksen Senate office building held on January 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. , arrives to testify at a confirmation hearing on housing and urban issues. Former NFL player Turner […]
Trump’s Housing Sec To Scrap Obama-Era Rule Allowing Men In Women’s Shelters
Washington DC – The head of the Housing and Urban Development Authority (HUD) said Thursday that domestic violence shelters and other facilities are reversing policies requiring men to be accepted in women's spaces. Senate confirmed HUD secretary Scott Turner On Wednesday, during a press conference in Washington, D.C., he announced the change as one of […]
Trump Housing and Urban Development secretary Scott Turner scraps housing ‘equal access’ rule tied to ‘gender identity’
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced Thursday that he has stopped funding programs based on the recipient's “gender identity.” “We are directing HUD staff to suspend pending or future enforcement actions related to HUD's 2016 Equal Access Rules, which essentially involves HUD's Housing Programme to provide funding. , cites shelters and other facilities, […]