HUD to Enforce Policy Banning Bias Over Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity By the Editors of the Rental Housing Journal

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced a new directive to begin implementation of the policy set forth in President Joe Biden’s executive order to prevent and combat sexual orientation and gender identity-based discrimination under Fair Housing rules. HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) issued a memorandum stating…

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Did You Know By Dennis Block

Seller Will Not Move I was recently featured on Inside Edition and Fox News 11 regarding a couple who purchased a house in Riverside, CA. Escrow closed in January, 2020, but the seller and his family have refused to move. Tracie and Myles Albert paid $650,000 for their dream house and to date, they have…

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Housing Mortgage Trends 2021 By JVM Lending

In 2020, the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was expected to contract 5.2%, presenting the steepest global recession in many years. For many sectors, the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to be long-lasting. However, there seems to be a market that benefited from the mayhem caused by the pandemic: the housing market. During the COVID-19…

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