Realtor.com has updated its housing forecast for the second half of the year, with predictions for a less onerous mortgage rate level and fewer home sales. The revised forecast points to mortgage rates averaging 6.4% throughout the year before sliding to 6.1% by...
The former Los Angeles home where Walt Disney lived during his rise to Hollywood prominence is now available for rent at $40,000 a month. The Wall Street Journal reported the 6,388-square-foot home at 4053 Woking Way in the city’s exclusive Los Feliz community was...
The median asking price for rental housing was $1,995 in May, a 0.6% year-over-year decline, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This marked the largest annual decline since March 2020, the first annual decline since March 2020 and a significant shift...
The average renter in 11 major U.S. markets needs to earn a six-figure annual salary in order to avoid being considered as rent burdened. Consumers are considered rent-burdened if they spend 30% or more of their incomes on rent. To avoid being rent-burdened, the...
The U.S. homeownership rate has cratered to its lowest depth since 1970, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The newly published 2020 Census data determined that 63.1% of the nation’s 126.8 million occupied housing units – or 80.1 million – were owner-occupied. This...