Mortgages

At 2.5%, Florida's September unemployment rate is the second lowest in the state's history and the lowest since October 2006.

City leaders announced the availability of 30,000 Section 8 housing vouchers this week.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of housing legislation headlined by bills removing regulatory barriers to new-home construction.

Guilford County's request for a $1.7 billion voter-approved bond package, however, was put on hold until the next Local Government Commission meeting.

The shift towards flexible and remote work as a result of COVID-19 has already begun to reshape cities, moving concentration away from the centralized business districts.

Investors will be greeted Tuesday with a larger new-issue calendar, estimated at $6.087 billion, up from total sales of $5.551 billion in the week of Aug. 29.

Nearly all construction firms have job openings, and more than half said they're seeing projects being scaled back, postponed or canceled.

The Miami metro area saw the most private-sector job growth among all metro areas in the state in June and year-over-year.

Tom Wright, president and CEO of the Regional Plan Association, talks with Chip Barnett about the ongoing Gateway transportation project and its importance to the tri-state region. He also discusses the challenges and opportunities in transit, infrastructure, affordable housing, climate change and ESG. (30 minutes)

Included in the Democrats’ all but dead Build Back Better bill, an expansion of the low-income housing tax credit could be a boon for the housing sector.