Karen Johnson, President of Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors®, calls on local Realtors® to Take Action to protect Florida’s Affordable Housing Fund.

This is your wake-up call, Florida, and we need your help to save affordable housing.

Brokers and other smaller U.S. businesses struggling due to the pandemic now have an additional two months to apply for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.

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Rental Assistance is available for St. Lucie County, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Village Residents

Just in! Newly released market reports from Florida Realtors® detailing recent real estate activity in St. Lucie County. The reports compare year-over-year data for February. Here are statistics on single family homes.

Just in! Newly released market reports from Florida Realtors® detailing recent real estate activity in Martin County. The reports compare year-over-year data for February. Here are statistics on single family homes.

Just in! Newly released market reports from Florida Realtors® detailing recent real estate activity in the Palm Beaches. The reports compare year-over-year data for February. Here are statistics on single family homes.

Just in! Newly released market reports from Florida Realtors® detailing recent real estate activity in Broward County. The reports compare year-over-year data for February. Here are statistics on single family homes.

The new 2021 Generational Trends Report found that one in five millennial buyers (20%) and boomers (22%) are unmarried. And Gen Z is now 2% of all buyers and growing.

National flood insurance will undergo a seismic change for homebuyers on Oct. 1, 2021, and for existing homeowners on April 1, 2022. Under “Risk Rating 2.0,” policy rates will be individualized based on a specific home rather than a general blanket rate based on flood zones.

Government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be reformed, yet if done badly, it could threaten the U.S. housing market and possibly make 30-year mortgages obsolete. But a Senate Banking Committee member issued “guiding principles” that have been backed by NAR.

The Realtor® marketing tool that generates reports for buyers and sellers has been completely redesigned based on member feedback, according to NAR.

FHFA extended mortgage-approval changes added during the pandemic – such as alternatives to appraisals and alternate methods to verify income and employment – through April 30. But the agency said that’s likely the last time it will do so, at least for some of the temporary easements.

The change applies to independent contractors SBA called “disadvantaged” in its earlier calculation system that looked at net profits. Now gross income may be used.

As vaccination rates rise nationwide, commercial real estate is likely to post gains across all sectors, fueled by pent-up demand and a high level of consumer savings, said leading economists.

The National Association of Realtors® applauded the House on Thursday after lawmakers reintroduced and passed the Equality Act, a 2019 bill that would extend fair housing and other civil rights protections to LGBTQ Americans.

The House-passed bill is now in the Senate, and NAR expects most major provisions to pass. The latest stimulus includes aid for state and local governments, new homeowners’ assistance funds, small-business grants, rental-assistance funding, expanded unemployment and more.

Homeowners with mortgages held by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac cannot be evicted through June 30, nor can renters in buildings acquired by the lending giants. Forbearance was also extended for three additional months, allowing some owners to skip mortgage payments for a total of 18 months.