In a strongly worded op-ed, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner defended the recent repeal of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule.Turner argued in The Gazette, an Iowa-based newspaper, that AFFH represented a federal overreach into local ho

The House tax committee is looking to raise the cap on the state and local tax deduction (SALT) and formally adopt several of President Trump’s campaign tax promises as part of a multi-trillion-dollar package, Republicans’ main legislative priority.The draft legislation, introduced by the tax-writin

The weekly pending home sales picked up this week as expected, with 2.6% more pending home sales contracts started than a year ago.If you’re following the data closely, you know that home sales are still running at or below last year’s pace. Year to date, through the first week of May, we count 3% f