October 2020 – PglRealEstates

October 20, 2020

New-Home Construction Rises Modestly in September, Driven by a Northeast Building Boom

The numbers: U.S. home builders started construction on homes at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.42 million in September, representing a 1.9% increase from the previous month’s downwardly-revised figure, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Compared with...

October 19, 2020

Coronavirus Tanked the Economy. Then Credit Scores Went Up.

Millions of Americans lost their jobs and skipped debt payments this year. You wouldn’t know it looking at consumer credit scores. While the coronavirus was pummeling the U.S. economy, Americans’ credit scores—a metric used in...

October 9, 2020

Where Trump and Biden Stand on Mortgage Finance

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump and Joe Biden have divergent views on the federal government’s role in the $11 trillion mortgage market, with potential consequences for the price of home loans for millions of Americans. In keeping with...

October 7, 2020

As Trump Says He’s Abandoned Stimulus Talks, Renters and Landlords Face a Financial Cliff

President Donald Trump has quashed hopes for a new federal stimulus package before the presidential election in November. And that could leave America’s renters and landlords in a lurch. On Twitter Tuesday afternoon, Trump initially said that he had instructed...

Month: October 2020

New-Home Construction Rises Modestly in September, Driven by a Northeast Building Boom

Coronavirus Tanked the Economy. Then Credit Scores Went Up.

Where Trump and Biden Stand on Mortgage Finance

As Trump Says He’s Abandoned Stimulus Talks, Renters and Landlords Face a Financial Cliff