Airbnb is suing the city of New York over a new law that allows local officials to collect data on Airbnb hosts, including names and addresses. Airbnb claims such an ordinance violates users’ constitutional rights. The law, which aims to institute stricter checks and balances on short-term rentals in the city, is set to take effect this winter. “The ordinance is an unlawful end-run around established restraints on governmental action and viol
Americans are spending the most money in nearly a decade on mortgage payments as a share of their household income, according to data from Morgan Stanley. “If there’s a boogeyman in the housing market today, it’s affordability,” James Egan, Morgan Stanley’s co-head of U.S. housing strategy, wrote in a note last week. “As home prices and mortgage rates have risen, it logically follows that homes have become less affordable.”Egan says
Police are looking for two men and a woman who worked together to rob a real estate office at gunpoint in the New York area last Tuesday. Police say they stole expensive jewelry, a security system, and $8,000 in cash, and several credit cards. and thousands of dollars. According to the police report, a woman entered the office of Expert Homes Real Estate Group in the Bronx around 5:30 p.m. to inquire about a listing. While the woman served as a d
Federal aid intended to subsidize housing costs for Puerto Ricans who were displaced by Hurricane Maria is set to expire Friday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still paying for hotel rooms for about 2,436 Puerto Ricans who fled to the U.S. mainland. Unless a federal court intervenes, they may be left with nowhere to go by the end of the week.The aid program has been extended several times. If it lapses Friday, the U.S. government will
Colorado may offer buyers the best prospects for steady home appreciation over the long term, according to a new analysis from SmartAsset, a personal finance website. Three Colorado metros landed in SmartAsset’s 2018 list of the top 10 places for growth and stability in housing. (The city of Boulder ranked number one.) Colorado’s northern neighbor, Wyoming, also saw several housing markets in this year’s rankings. Researchers note that half
Tom Ferry shares two sure-fire ways to get a ‘yes’Confidence comes from knowing what to say, when to say it and how to say it.So what happens when you raise your confidence in sales situations? Lots of good things, that’s what! You get on the phone more. You follow up on leads more. You reach out to your database more. You engage with people more in social situations.When you do all of these things, you begin to win more business.But it sta
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Hurricane Lane is spiraling through Hawaii, with some areas of the Big Island already reporting more than two feet of rain as of early Friday. About 48,617 homes in Hawaii may be at extreme or very high risk of hurricane-driven flood damage from the hurricane, with a total reconstruction cost value of about $8 billion, according to a report from CoreLogic, a real estate data firm.The Category 3 storm hit Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday morning. O
Borrowers continued to get relief with mortgage rates this week, as the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage sank lower for the third consecutive week. Mortgage rates are now at their lowest level since mid-April.“Backed by very strong consumer spending, the economy is red-hot this month, which is, in turn, rippling through the financial markets and driving equities higher,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “Unfortunately, the same
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