The Washington Inquisitor
Housing
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Trump orders Fannie and Freddie to test automatic cancellation of mortgage insurance and cheaper refinancing
An executive order signed Wednesday tells the housing finance regulator to pilot proactive mortgage-insurance cancellation, make a title-insurance alternative permanent for refinances, and sets up a federal task force on factory-built homes.…
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Amazon drops its data center plan for GW’s former Ashburn campus in a deal with Loudoun
Amazon will withdraw its four-building data center proposal, give Loudoun about 25 acres and $5 million for housing, and seek a rezoning for homes. Supervisors voted 8-1 to fast-track it.
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Montgomery council enacts a rent-algorithm ban, wider speed-camera authority and $5,000 street-takeover fines
The council unanimously passed seven bills Tuesday, including a ban on rent-setting algorithms, speed cameras on high-risk corridors and tougher street-takeover penalties. A First Amendment amendment failed.
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D.C. Council takes up a procurement overhaul, landlord receiverships and nightlife noise before the election
In its last session before Nov. 3, the D.C. Council takes up bills to rebuild city procurement, strengthen tenant receiverships and let inspectors verify bar noise without entering neighbors’ homes.
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Montgomery council votes today on corridor speed cameras, a rent-algorithm ban and street-takeover fines
The Montgomery County Council takes final votes Tuesday on bills to put speed cameras on its High Injury Network, ban rent-setting algorithms and fine street-takeover participants up to $5,000.