Politicians offering bizarre comments about housing, a major company shifting its headquarters out of California and a radioactive contaminated school for sale. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 29-Aug. 2....
The number of US renter households in the second quarter grew 1.9% year-over-year, according to a new data report from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). The renter growth is more than three times faster than the number of homeowner households, which grew 0.6% in the second...
Mortgage rates dipped to a six-month low in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.73% as of Aug. 1, down from last week when it averaged 6.78%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
The volume of homes that were actively listed for sale in July was up 36.6% year-over-year, according to new data from Realtor.com. July’s inventory level is a post-pandemic high, while the share of listings with price cuts totaled 18.9%, the highest rate since...
Nearly half (49.2%) of mortgaged residential properties were considered equity-rich in the second quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This marked an increase from the 45.8% level recorded in the first quarter while matching the high point from the first quarter...
Title Insurance Premiums Rise Nearly 15% as Commercial Deals Drive Growth
