Listing a home as a fixer-upper may not be a profitable idea anymore, as a new analysis by Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) found buyers were willing to pay 3.7% more than expected for a home that is already remodeled – which is an additional $13,194 on a typical home and is...
Single-family housing starts in January were at a rate of 993,000, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 8.4% below the revised December figure of 1.08 million. Privately-owned housing starts in...
Mortgage application activity and mortgage forbearance levels are falling, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 6.6% on a seasonally adjusted...
The multifamily developer Thompson Thrift has announced plans to develop Stack at Wheat Ridge, a 255-unit Class A multifamily community in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The community will encompass a roughly 7-acre site and feature 255 apartments in...
The triple threat of potential tariffs, still-elevated mortgage rates and high housing costs pushed builder confidence in the single-family home market down in February. The latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)...
Slightly under one-third (32.6%) of home purchases in 2024 were all-cash transactions, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN). This is down from 35.1% in 2023 and the lowest share since 2021. Prior to the pandemic, the share of all-cash sales ranged from 25%...
