Election Considerations: Is VP Kamala Harris's $25k homeownership grant proposal “crippling of an already weak economy"?

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c787764-7fff-b0de-e578-c75142ce2ac0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/10/23/harris-touts-a-25k-down-payment-grant-will-homebuyers-care/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a> and <a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/real-estate/buying-a-home/harris-down-payment-assistance-for-homebuyers" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kiplinger Personal Finance</span></a>. </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6bdb804-7fff-8898-1b1d-9d4b47492638"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">With election day less than one month away, there has been much talk about a particular proposal by Vice President Kamala Harris, so let’s get into it:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 243px; overflow: hidden; width: 243px;"><img height="243" src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXforoUCxILXOcjzNme7v8dIBB27mbz3p3zJGSFkvC__zow5h2qGDJaObWAMbf6BohNXv_M_SHVk7oFj26C9mLZ3qE1k1PcHFP1XELq8X-XjVO4MiDwR42heA-UxwvoAyS9UCFd4JVOB0loE00n6h3iC64TO?key=fPPnlpMQd5YdLSSqYgZ-BA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="243"></span><span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Election Considerations: Is VP Kamala Harris's $25k homeownership grant proposal “crippling of an already weak economy"?

As featured in Inman News and Kiplinger Personal Finance . With election day less than one month away, there has been much talk about a pa...

Is Harris’s $25k Down Payment Assistance Good or Bad for Homebuyers?

<div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;">Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris plans to offer $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;">But is this good or bad for the housing market? </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b;">Read various industry forecasts (including my take, among many) in this article available at </span><a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/real-estate/buying-a-home/harris-down-payment-assistance-for-homebuyers"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kiplinger.com</span></a><span style="color: #1b1b1b;">. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj30NjUMHKJ2Cjse32C5QyO5Pb1xe14-Oh2jmp6znmZPmg-zZKaMafmQyyffnkPAwb_-ELKw66UQ31Y7Jgyp7XIC7jp4hnpt8wjbafH_9XDGmVkapwrP4gGGztIXYU88h62Nip8j4nxnyuAIENvnO_Yx3gpZTLhGXsxwtltEejdkB8hUbTw8Nc5nNltA/s1080/IMG_B41011861073-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj30NjUMHKJ2Cjse32C5QyO5Pb1xe14-Oh2jmp6znmZPmg-zZKaMafmQyyffnkPAwb_-ELKw66UQ31Y7Jgyp7XIC7jp4hnpt8wjbafH_9XDGmVkapwrP4gGGztIXYU88h62Nip8j4nxnyuAIENvnO_Yx3gpZTLhGXsxwtltEejdkB8hUbTw8Nc5nNltA/s320/IMG_B41011861073-1.jpeg" width="320"></a><span></span></div></span></div>

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Is Harris’s $25k Down Payment Assistance Good or Bad for Homebuyers?

Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris plans to offer $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers.  But is this go...

Will Either Kamala Harris's or Donald Trump's 2025 Housing Agenda Add Sneeze-Guard Protection to the Economy?

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e1a6dbe4-7fff-b180-9c30-9c9270c91a0c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/opinion-will-kamala-harriss-or-donald-trumps-2025-housing-agenda-add-sneeze-guard-protection-to-the-economy/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">HousingWire</span></a>. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5476a87-7fff-126a-878e-c49496ca1403"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://youtu.be/zKjx9SOl-WA?si=PqJkadUAVOF_lyrT" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="1179" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXuZInjNwPaRLLJHMwfSvEEMixGq3kv5maKMKJtLKBr5krWgcmW-Gj3AWTyDLSSl7Gi3hR0P2Wiv-Xz75k6IszruoJrBsMrZqmKG47fdqkNlj9RkjGJxROfSX05OXQzm0qBMNzCvLbNDOPlDI8RG7zFvH3-gaNTIWcOqKsSQydB7p7CVqoCniVaCBMj0/s320/IMG_A8B919DCD704-1.jpeg" width="179"></a></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To remix an old adage, <i>when the U.S. housing market sneezes, the U.S. economy catches a cold</i>.</span><p></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And it feels like the housing market is winding up and teetering on a sneeze. But this election season seems to be that moment just before a sneeze erupts when a proactive move (like a quick finger under the nose in the case of an actual sneeze) can stifle a full-blown, damaging spasm.<span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Will Either Kamala Harris's or Donald Trump's 2025 Housing Agenda Add Sneeze-Guard Protection to the Economy?

As featured in HousingWire .  To remix an old adage, when the U.S. housing market sneezes, the U.S. economy catches a cold . And it feels li...