By KIMBERLEY HAAS Leaders at Bank of America provided corporate funding for a new documentary exploring how people in the United States grappled with the Holocaust. “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” a three-part, six-hour series by Ken Burns is running on PBS this week and all the episodes are available online. On a PBS website promoting the documentary, it says, “Americans consider themselves a ‘nation of immigrants,’ but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge… Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.” Burns…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the global economy have some experts saying the housing market in the United States will be impacted because of growing inflation pressures and supply chain difficulties. The Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research Group now projects full-year 2022 real gross domestic product growth of 2.3%, down from last month’s projection of 2.8%. They have also increased their 30-year fixed mortgage rate forecast to 3.8% in 2022 and 3.9% in 2023. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Just before the war began, inflation hit a 40-year high and the Federal Reserve was poised to begin a course of significant money tightening. According to the ESR Group, the task of enacting…
Demand for vacation homes has cooled down after skyrocketing to near-record levels in January, Redfin reported. February saw second home demand reach its lowest level since May 2020 as mortgage rates continued climbing, only 35% above pre-pandemic levels. Rates declined for a few weeks due to uncertainty surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but started inching up again last week, reaching 3.85%. While demand is still significantly elevated from two years ago, it’s nothing compared to January’s 87% increase. February was also the first month where primary residence demand beat out vacation home demand since the pandemic began, though only by 1%. “Rising mortgage rates, combined with rising home prices, are hitting the second-home market much harder than the primary-home market,”…
Good Morning! Today is Monday, March 14. Russian forces hit Kyiv with heavy artillery strikes this morning after days of fighting in the suburbs. Barack Obama tested positive for Covid-19. Less than two months after announcing his retirement, quarterback Tom Brady said he will return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and play again. The Mortgage Note Reports Help Us Highlight Those Who Are Supporting The People Of Ukraine: The people of the world are watching the horror unfolding in Ukraine, and we at The Mortgage Note want to highlight those in the housing industry who are stepping up to help. AIME Lobbying: AIME is teaming up with lobbying firm Forbes Tate Partners to represent brokers in government affairs. Cash Is…
The people of the world are watching the horror unfolding in Ukraine, and we at The Mortgage Note want to highlight those in the housing industry who are stepping up to help. News of realtors collecting donations for those affected by the invasion is already spreading. In Winterville, NC, Realty One Group has collected cheer boxes to be donated to Ukrainian refugee children. According to WNCT-TV’s Claire Molle and Courtney Layton, owners Heather Garris and Scott Corbin asked for shoeboxes filled with gifts, toys, and notes for refugee children who fled from Ukraine to Poland. Realtors at Berkshire Hathaway Verani Realty Office in Exeter, NH, boxed up diapers, clothes, and toiletries last week to send to Ukrainian refugees. Mike Cronin…
