New Hope for the Housing Market? (4-Credit Hours)

Understand the Backstory of the Nation’s Housing Market and What Actions You Can Take to Help Meet Your Clients’ Housing Needs in Maryland

This MD online real estate course provides you with information on the nation’s real estate housing market today. Simply, there is too much demand and not enough affordable housing. Prices are fluctuating, and the market is difficult to predict. This national real estate course will discuss the history of real estate in the United States, including significant architectural, geographic, and societal developments that impact homebuyers and housing availability. You will delve into federal and state initiatives to improve the housing situation, as well as what the future holds for buyers, sellers, real estate licensees, and the nation’s market. In addition, you will learn specific action steps that you can take to protect consumers and provide for your clients’ changing housing needs. The final exam is 30 multiple-choice items.

Key Points:

• Recognize the impact of the historical real estate backdrop on architectural development, exclusion in housing, and the importance of Fair Housing laws and ethics in practice.
• Understand the current context of the nation’s housing crisis, including fluctuations in interest rates and geographical trends and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other influences.
• Learn action steps to protect your consumers and provide for their housing needs in affordable ways such as increasing your knowledge of accessory dwelling units and manufactured housing, and how to develop networks, and lobby lawmakers.