A Super El Niño is brewing — what it could mean for housing
California and the Gulf Coast are projected to be the main, but not only, impact areas
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‘You really can’t prepare’: Indiana real estate broker reflects on unprecedented storms
At least seven people were killed and about 1,000 were displaced as floodwaters inundated communities
Coalition presses for stronger federal flood response, eyes ROAD to Housing Act
Leaders said the coalition began forming after the catastrophic July 2022 floods in eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia.
Realtors Relief Foundation sends $500K to Texas flood victims
The funding — distributed through Texas Realtors and eight local associations — will be used to help residents cover housing payments.
HUD offers foreclosure relief to Texans saddled by floods
The 90-day moratorium bars foreclosures on FHA-insured mortgages in Kerr County’s federally declared disaster area.
FHA rescinds 12 policies as Trump administration pushes to cut red tape
Scott Turner, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which oversees the FHA, said in a statement that the rescissions are “bold, necessary and long overdue.”
LERETA, Sagent integrate real estate tax and flood service solutions
The collaboration aims to provide better access to real-time tax data, flood zone determinations, payment processing and automated monitoring.
Realtor on impacts of deadly Kentucky flooding
Catastrophic flooding continues to inundate the central U.S. as rivers remain swollen from unprecedented rainfall brought on by a series of deadly storms. Spanning from Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio to Louisiana and Mississippi, floodwaters are still surging downstream, overwhelming neighborhoods, infrastructure, and emergency response teams. As of Wednesday, more than 120 locations across the region […]
Deadly Kentucky floods will exacerbate existing housing issues
Effects from deadly flooding in Eastern Kentucky were made worse this past weekend as a storm system brought heavy snow and wind into already devastated communities. It will have a large impact on real estate for years to come, Kentucky real estate agents told HousingWire. As of Monday, the statewide death toll associated with the […]
Over 400K mortgages may be underinsured for flood risk: CFPB
The CFPB found that hundreds of thousands of mortgaged properties in the southeast and central southwest alone may be underinsured.