Fed Rate Hike 2026: What It Means for Mortgage Rates and Buyers
The Fed raised rates to 3.75% to 4% on Sept. 16, the 10-year Treasury touched 5% and mortgage rates passed 7%. What it means for buyers and house hackers.
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- Adding an ADU After the ROAD Act: What Changed for Owners
- Fed Rate Hike 2026: What It Means for Mortgage Rates and Buyers
- The ROAD Act Investor Ban Covers Duplexes, Not Just Houses
- The ROAD Act Removed the Chassis Rule: What It Means for Manufactured and Tiny Homes
- Why a $100,000 Mortgage Is Hard to Get, and What the ROAD Act Does
- Zombie Foreclosures Are Highest Where Duplexes Are Cheapest
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Housing news, laws and market changes, explained for people buying their first property.
Zombie Foreclosures Are Highest Where Duplexes Are Cheapest
ATTOM’s Q3 2026 report puts Youngstown, Fort Wayne and Akron among the top zombie-foreclosure metros. What that means if you plan to buy a cheap duplex there.
Adding an ADU After the ROAD Act: What Changed for Owners
The ROAD Act made building a backyard unit its own kind of FHA loan and let USDA count ADU rent. Here is what you can use today and what is still empty.
The ROAD Act Removed the Chassis Rule: What It Means for Manufactured and Tiny Homes
The ROAD Act deleted the permanent chassis rule from the federal definition of a manufactured home. What changes for factory-built homes, and the 2027 deadline.
Why a $100,000 Mortgage Is Hard to Get, and What the ROAD Act Does
Only about a quarter of homes selling for $70,000 or less are bought with a mortgage. The ROAD Act authorizes an FHA pilot aimed squarely at that gap.
The ROAD Act Investor Ban Covers Duplexes, Not Just Houses
The new federal ban on large investors buying single family homes defines a single family home as any structure with two or fewer units. Duplexes are inside the ban.