The concept of the starter home could soon become passe, according to the latest BMO Real Financial Progress Index report. The report, which polled 2,500 adults from Feb. 17 to March 18, found 65% of buyers expected their first purchase to be their forever home....
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California during March declined 3.5% month-over-month and fell 2.5% on year-over-year basis for the third straight month. According to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR), total home...
Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE:TOL) has announced its acquisition of Buffington Homes of Arkansas for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Buffington Homes is the largest luxury homebuilder in northwest Arkansas with nine communities that are either actively selling or...
Mortgage application activity took a vibrant upswing during the week ending April 17, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 7.9% on a seasonally...
Pending home sales in March increased by 1.5% from February but were down by 1.1% from one year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Month-over-month pending home sales increased in the Northeast and South but declined in the Midwest and West....
A land buying frenzy created during the pandemic era permanently disrupted the housing market, according to an inaugural data analysis report on land listings by Realtor.com. Since the first quarter of 2019, land market contracted by 23.6% and has yet to recover. Over...