Source: Redfin — Mortgage rates have doubled since the beginning of the year to nearly 6%, taking a toll on affordability and demand. The monthly payment on a $400,000 home rises more than $550 with rates going from 3% to 6%. That increase, along with the...
Source: Scotsman Guide — The latest Real House Price Index (RHPI) report from First American Financial Corp. offered further confirmation that affordability is one of the U.S. housing market’s biggest issues. The RHPI, which measures the price changes of...
Source: Fortune — As summer kicks off, everything is heating up. Everything, it seems, except the housing market. Following a blistering two year tear, real estate firm Redfin is reporting big drops in demand and price cuts becoming the norm in many of the...
Source: Realty Biz News — Realtor.com reported that active listings of existing homes rose 19$ in June, the fastest rise since it began tracking the data five years ago. Meanwhile, the number of new listings also surpassed pre-pandemic levels, rising 4.5% from...
Source: Bankrate — Generation Z is quickly superseding millennials as the next crop of consumers. Born between 1997 and 2012, this group is beginning to hit the marker that makes them old enough to vote, go to college and move out of childhood bedrooms and into...